If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Po…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to avoid a war, I would answer as I did before: that you should never let things get out of hand in order to avoid war. You don't avoid such a war, you merely postpone it, to your own disadvantage. ✨ The Prince. Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, ch. 3, as translated by RM Adams, 1513.
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