So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, tha…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging. ✨ Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 1, ch. 3, as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick, 1517.
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So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging. ✨ Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 1, ch. 3, as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick, 1517.

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