The history of a soldier's wound beguiles the pain of it.
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People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
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'Our armies swore terribly in Flanders,' cried my Uncle Toby, 'but nothing to this.'
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There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.
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