“ It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for fighting must learn how to govern by the arts of peace. ”
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532). copy citation
Author | Niccolò Machiavelli |
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Source | The Prince |
Topic | wisdom self-knowledge war peace |
Date | 1532 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by W. K. Marriott |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm |