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Quotation from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli
“bicause this Province seemes to bee altogether given, to raise up againe the thynges dedde, as is seen by the perfeccion that poesie, paintyng, and writing, is now brought unto”
The Art of War, Book VII (closing speech), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560)
Fabrizio's hope that Italy, having revived the arts, might also revive ancient military virtue.
Citation: "bicause this Province seemes to bee altogether given, to raise up againe the thynges dedde, as is seen by the perfeccion that poesie, paintyng, and writing, is now brought unto" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, Book VII (closing speech), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560). (id the-art-of-war-machiavelli-q12)
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
