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The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population," he would remark. "And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.99, Penguin
The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population, he would remark. And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church