Niccolò Machiavelli quote about reality from The Prince - Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.
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“ Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined. ”
 Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince (1532). copy citation

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Author Niccolò Machiavelli
Source The Prince
Topic reality wish ruin
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

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Niccolò Machiavelli quote about reality from The Prince - Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.
Niccolò Machiavelli quote about reality from The Prince - Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.