Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). The Prince, p.56, Knickerbocker Classics
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Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be able to change to the opposite qualities. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). The Prince, p.56, Knickerbocker Classics

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