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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would b

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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