It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, …

Niccolo Machiavelli
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It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). The Prince, p.80, Xist Publishing
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