La Rochefoucauld §laroch_214: Valour in common soldiers is a perilous method of earning their living.

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Source: François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) (laroch_214) · external_aligned

Valour in common soldiers is a perilous method of earning their living. ["Men venture necks to gain a fortune, The soldier does it ev{'}ry day, (Eight to the week) for sixpence pay." {--Samuel Butler,} Hudibras, Part II., canto i., line 512.]

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