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Quotation from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli

“their studies wer, to prepare the body to diseases, and the minde not to feare perilles”

Niccolo Machiavelli (spoken by Fabrizio Colonna)

The Art of War, Book VII (closing speech), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560)

Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli

Fabrizio contrasts ancient princes, who trained body and mind for hardship, with the idle Italian rulers swept away in 1494.

Citation: "their studies wer, to prepare the body to diseases, and the minde not to feare perilles" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, Book VII (closing speech), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560). (id the-art-of-war-machiavelli-q11)

Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.

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