“If we wish to describe fortitude rightly, we must note that it is from heaven. Whence in the book of Machabees: "The victory of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength is from heaven." Therefore fortitude is a gift of God.”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5
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19For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.
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17Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
18Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:
— 1 Maccabees 3:19 —
20They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us: