If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who att…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and what they have acquired either by deceit or violence, in order to conceal the disgraceful methods of attainment, they endeavor to sanctify with the false title of honest gains. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2018). History of Florence and the Affairs of Italy, p.115, Ozymandias Press
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