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<blockquote data-quote="JoanOfArc" data-source="post: 1986648757" data-attributes="member: 11360">??Loriano Macchiavelli?<img src="https://cf.morrissey-solo.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="https://cf.morrissey-solo.com/forums/images/smilies/confused.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" />I prefer Niccolo Machiavelli though:&quot;(...)that he who neglects whatis done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than hispreservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to hisprofessions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so muchthat is evil.Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know howto do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.&quot;&quot;I believe thatthis follows from severities[*] being badly or properly used.Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faithwhen such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasonsthat caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were entirelygood this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and willnot keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it withthem. &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoanOfArc, post: 1986648757, member: 11360"] ??Loriano Macchiavelli?:confused::confused:I prefer Niccolo Machiavelli though: "(...)that he who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity." "I believe that this follows from severities[*] being badly or properly used.Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them. " [/QUOTE]

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