Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful …

Niccolo Machiavelli
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Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer. ✨ The Prince. Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, chapter III: Of Mixed Princedoms, 1513.
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