Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared …

Niccolo Machiavelli
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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). The Portable Machiavelli, p.93, Penguin
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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). The Portable Machiavelli, p.93, Penguin

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