The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoi…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as often as he shall have succeeded he will have fulfilled his part, and he need not fear any danger in other reproaches. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). The Prince, p.80, Xist Publishing
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