Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

In the original Italian

Perchè tra le altre cagioni di male, che ti arreca l’essere disarmato, ti fa disprezzare.

The Prince · 1532
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Provenance
Current citation
Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Original citation
Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.