But when it comes to armies they do not bear comparison, and this springs entirely from the insufficiency of the leaders, since those who are capable are not obedient, and each one seems to himself to know, there having never been any one so distinguished above the rest, either by valour or fortune, that others would yield to him.
Mindez a vezérek gyöngeségéből adódik; mert akik tudnának, azoknak nem engedelmeskednek, s mindenki okosnak hiszi magát, mivel mindeddig nem támadt virtusban és szerencsében kiemelkedő személy, akinek a többi engedjen.