“A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli , book The Prince

Variant: Variant translation: A prince who is not wise himself cannot be wisely counseled.
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 23; translated by W. K. Marriot

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