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But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having shown any change of disp...more

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For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised ...more

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Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shal...more

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I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but un...more

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Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and o...more

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For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete with the above-named five qualities, th...more