Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

• Woman
• Fortune
• Impetuous
• Circumspect

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• I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Woman
  • Fortune
  • Impetuous