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Quotation from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli
“the whiche thinges thei overcame, with accustomyng the body to diseases, and with hardenyng it, to bee able to indure labour. And you knowe, how that in thinges accustomed, men suffer no grief”
The Art of War, Book II, trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560)
On how Roman soldiers bore the weight of their armour; 'diseases' here carries the older sense of discomforts and hardships.
Citation: "the whiche thinges thei overcame, with accustomyng the body to diseases, and with hardenyng it, to bee able to indure labour. And you knowe, how that in thinges accustomed, men suffer no grief" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, Book II, trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560). (id the-art-of-war-machiavelli-q5)
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
