It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than lov…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved? It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). The Prince, p.64, Booklassic
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