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Quotation from The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli
“Nature breedeth few stronge menne, the industrie and the exercise maketh manie”
The Art of War, Book VII (General rules of war), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560)
A maxim summarising the book's faith in training over birth or natural endowment.
Citation: "Nature breedeth few stronge menne, the industrie and the exercise maketh manie" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Art of War, Book VII (General rules of war), trans. Peter Whitehorne (1560). (id the-art-of-war-machiavelli-q9)
Virtues: Industry
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
