No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier.
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Ignatius of Antioch
AD 108
"No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier; and if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully."