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"Chi fonda in sul populo fonda in sul fango."
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"Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed."
Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed.
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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes. Many commentators have viewed that one of the main themes of The Prince is that immoral acts are sometimes necessary to achieve political glory.
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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes. Many commentators have viewed that one of the main themes of The Prince is that immoral acts are sometimes necessary to achieve political glory.
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"La natura degli uomini è, così obligarsi per li beneficii che essi fanno, come per quelli che essi ricevono."
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"Si deve notare che lodio si acquista così mediante le buone opere, come le triste; e però, come io dissi di sopra, volendo un Principe mantenere lo Stato, è spesso forzato a non esser buono."
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"Un uomo che voglia fare in tutte le parti professione di buono, conviene che rovini fra tanti che non sono buoni."
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"È necessario ad un Principe, volendosi mantenere, imparare a potere essere non buono, ed usarlo e non usarlo secondo la necessità."
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"A cognoscer bene la natura de popoli bisogna esser Principe, ed a cognoscer bene quella de Principi conviene essere popolare."
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