“It is better to conquere the enemie with faminne, then wi…” Niccolo Machiavelli

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Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli — Niccolo Machiavelli (spoken by Fabrizio Colonna)
*The Art of War*, Book VII (General rules of war), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560)

One of the maxims at the end of the dialogue, preferring starvation to battle because battle is hostage to fortune.

Citation: "It is better to conquere the enemie with faminne, then with yron: in the victorie of which, fortune maie doe much more then valiantnesse" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, Book VII (General rules of war), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560). (id the-art-of-war-machiavelli-q8)

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Quotation from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli