Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. Good order and discipline in an army are more to be depended upon than ferocity. - Niccolò Machiavelli (The Art of War Quotes)

Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. Good order and discipline in an army are more to be depended upon than ferocity.[La natura genera pochi uomini gagliardi; la industria e l’esercizio ne fa assai. Può la disciplina nella guerra più che il furore.]

Source:The Art of War (1521), (Bobbs-Merrill Co., ed. 1965), Book Seven, Page 202
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