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by jonstaab 2895 days ago
The quote is from Herodotus Book 9 Chapter 122, "Soft lands breed soft men", by Cyrus the Persian.

Reference: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:19...

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Oh wow thank you! I have wondered for years where it has come from. I love the following sentence: "...wondrous fruits of the earth and valiant warriors grow not from the same soil.".

This all is reminding me of another saying, a spartan one. A Spartan woman was asked why they do not submit to their men, and she replied with "strong men are not born from weak women".

If anyone is liking these forms of phrases (short, insightful), there is a word just for it: Laconic [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconic_phrase