“Bad company will lead a man to the gallows!”
Le cattive compagnie conducono gli uomini alle forche.
Act IV, scene vi
The Mandrake (1524)
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Le cattive compagnie conducono gli uomini alle forche.
The Mandrake (1524)
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Niccolo Machiavelli 130
Italian politician, Writer and Author 1469–1527Related quotes

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