Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Fall
  • Ambition
  • Loss