“To understand the nature of the people it needs to be a prince, and to understand that of princes it needs to be of the people.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli , book The Prince

A cognoscer bene la natura de' popoli bisogna esser Principe, ed a cognoscer bene quella de' Principi conviene essere popolare.
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A cognoscer bene la natura de' popoli bisogna esser Principe, ed a cognoscer bene quella de' Principi conviene essere popolare.

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