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It is much safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Treatise · Political literature · Philosophical literature

It is much safer to be feared than loved.

In the original Italian

È molto più sicuro essere temuto che amato.

Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince · 1527
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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.

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