HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.” “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
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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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