“Wasting the mind is far more horrible than wasting money”

—  asaghaei

Last update March 23, 2022. History

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“Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears
Waste of youth's most precious years,
Waste of ways the saints have trod,
Waste of Glory, waste of God,
War!”

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