“The soldiers of our land know no luxury, but glory.”

Los soldados de la patria no conocen el lujo, sino la gloria.
Documentos del archivo de San Martín (1911) by Museo Mitre, Vol. 11, p. 385

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Los soldados de la patria no conocen el lujo, sino la gloria.

Source: Lucio Torres, Juan. El español como soldado argentino: Participación en las campañas militares por la libertad e independencia. Ediciones de la Torre, 2014. ISBN 9788479605780, p. 135.

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