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To carry on war, three things are necessary: money, money, and yet more money.

— Gian Giacomo Trivulzio

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Maxim attributed to Marshal Trivulzio in the context of the 1499 French campaign in Milan. H. L. Mencken, A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1942] 1960) p. 1262. See also: Raimondo Montecuccoli

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