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Quotation from Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolò Machiavelli
“this assuredly results from the baseness of those who have interpreted our religion to accord with indolence and ease rather than with valour.”
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book II, ch. II, trans. Ninian Hill Thomson (1883)
After contrasting ancient religion's honour for worldly glory with Christianity's honour for humility, Machiavelli lays the blame for modern weakness on how the faith has been interpreted.
Citation: "this assuredly results from the baseness of those who have interpreted our religion to accord with indolence and ease rather than with valour." — Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book II, ch. II, trans. Ninian Hill Thomson (1883). (id machiavelli-discourses-on-livy-q6)
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
