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— Niccolo Machiavelli"Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action."
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When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.
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A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.
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