“When diplomacy ends, War begins.”
“Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.”
Comincionsi le guerre quando altri vuole, ma non quando altri vuole si finiscono.
Variant translation: Wars are begun at will but not ended at will.
Book III, Chapter 7.
Florentine Histories (1526)
Original
Si ricordino i prìncipi, che si cominciano le guerre quando altri vuole, ma non quando altri vuole si finiscono.
da La mente di un uomo di stato
Variant: Comincionsi le guerre quando altri vuole, ma non quando altri vuole si finiscono.
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