Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

Decide which is the line of conduct that presents the fewest drawbacks and then follow it out as being the best one, because one never finds anything perfectly pure and unmixed, or exempt from danger.

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• Decide which is the line of conduct that presents the fewest drawbacks and then follow it out as being the best one, because one never finds anything perfectly pure and unmixed, or exempt from danger.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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