"Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge."For nearly 500 years, Machiavelli's...
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"Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge."For nearly 500 years, Machiavelli's observations on politics have shocked and appalled the timid and romantic, and f
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 by Niccolò Machiavelli, now listed on BookLikes)