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NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

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

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

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The Prince represents Machiavelli's effort to provide a guide for political action based on the lessons of history and his own experience as a foreign secretary in Florence

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