it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved …

Niccolo Machiavelli
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it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). The Prince, p.68, FastPencil Inc
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