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Act Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten…
- A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot…
- The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
- It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they…
- it is better to act and repent than not to act and regret.
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