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"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times" is a commonly repeated, but historically incorrect saying. Does this saying have a historical origin, or did it really just start out as a meme?

by /u/Pashahlis in /r/AskHistorians

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