Wealth Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

““Nevertheless, that our freewill may not be altogether extinguished, I think it may be true that fortune is the ruler of half our actions, but that she allows the other half or a little less to be governed by us.””

Niccolò Machiavelli

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