“That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy.”

—  Niccolo Machiavelli, book The Art of War

Quello che giova al nimico nuoce a te, e quel che giova a te nuoce al nimico. <br class="br"> Rule 1 from Machiavelli&#x27;s Lord Fabrizio Colonna: libro settimo (Book 7) http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101013672561;view=1up;seq=176 (Modern Italian uses nemico instead of nimico.) <br class="br">The Art of War (1520)

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