Louis XV of France/war and Foreign Policy 1740%e2%80%931763

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    Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!
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    “Eh Bien you like this sacred pig of a country?” asked Marco.
    “Why not? I like it anywhere. It’s all the same, in France you are paid badly and live well; here you are paid well and live badly.”
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    In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
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    No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.
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