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The Prince Quotes

A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest. - Niccolò Machiavelli (The Prince Quotes)

A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest.[Non può pertanto un Signore prudente, nè debbe osservare la fede, quando tale osservanzia gli torni contro.]

Source:(Oxford University Press, ed. 1921), Chapter XVIII, Page 70
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Niccoló Machiavelli (The Prince Quotes)
  • Book: The Prince
  • Writer: Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Genre: Philosophy, Politics
  • Published: 1532
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