Francis Bacon: Nay, number (itself) in armies, importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage ; for (as Virgil saith) it never

Nay, number (itself) in armies, importeth not much, where the people is of weak — Francis Bacon

Nay, number (itself) in armies, importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage ; for (as Virgil saith) it never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.

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