"If someone puts up the argument that King……" — Niccolo Machiavelli
"If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to avoid a war, I would answer as I did before: that you should never let things get out of hand in order to avoid war. You don't avoid such a war, you merely postpone it, to your own disadvantage."
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303 Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
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The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.
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Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.
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