Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler. For men are so simple, and yield so much to immediate necessity, that the deceiver will never lack dupes.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• Color
• Prince
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• Hypocrite
• Dissembler

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  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Nature
  • Color
  • Prince