So it is necessary to be a prince to be able to know thoroughly the nature of a people, and to know the nature of princes one must be one of the populace.[A cognoscer bene la natura de’ popoli bisogna esser Principe, ed a cognoscer bene quella de’ Principi conviene essere popolare.]
Source:(Oxford University Press, ed. 1921), Niccolo Machiavelli to Lorenzo the Magnificent, Page 2
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