“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
Niccolo Machiavelli book The Prince
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 18
“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise... But it is necessary to know how to disguise this nature well and to be a great hypocrite and a liar.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli, book The Prince
Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 18; translated by Peter Bondanella
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