I was reading up on the French Foreign Legion today (not to worry, they don't allow women, and probably PARTICULARLY not middle-aged ones.)
The following is stated in their Code of Honor:
"Au combat, tu agis sans passion et sans haine, tu respectes les ennemis vaincus..."
In English, that means something like:
"In combat, you will act without passion and without hate, you will respect the vanquished enemy..."
I find that phrase very thought-provoking.
There could be a novel in that, somewhere. Oops, there exists one already. Several, actually. Must peruse the library stacks...
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