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| a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is a bad soldier | плох тот солдат, кто не мечтает стать генералом (Olga Okuneva) |
| every french soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack | плох тот солдат, который не надеется быть генералом (used to encourage or justify one's actions aimed at achieving greater success, promotion) |
| every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack | плох тот солдат, который не хочет быть генералом (used to encourage or justify one's actions aimed at achieving greater success, promotion) |
| every french soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack | плохой тот солдат, который не хочет быть генералом (used to encourage or justify one's actions aimed at achieving greater success, promotion) |
| every french soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack | плохой тот солдат, который не надеется быть генералом (used to encourage or justify one's actions aimed at achieving greater success, promotion) |
| every french soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack | плох тот солдат, который не хочет) быть генералом (used to encourage or justify one's actions aimed at achieving greater success, promotion) |
| it's a poor soldier that never wants to become a general | плохой тот солдат, который не хочет быть генералом |
| it's a poor soldier that never wants to become a general | плох тот солдат, который не хочет быть генералом |
| it's a poor soldier that never wants to become a general | плох тот солдат, который не хочет) быть генералом |
| it's a poor soldier that never wants to become a general | плох тот солдат, который не надеется быть генералом |
| it's a poor soldier that never wants to become a general | плохой тот солдат, который не надеется быть генералом |
