If a prince wants to maintain his rule, he must learn how not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not, according to need.
The Prince, political philosophy
If a prince wants to maintain his rule, he must learn how not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not, according to need.
The Prince, political philosophy
The Prince, Chapter XV: Concerning Things for Which Men, and Especially Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
1532
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