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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and t

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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