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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honour, they… — Niccolo Machiavelli

Treatise · Political literature · Philosophical literature

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honour, they are satisfied.

In the original Italian

E qualunque volta alle universalità delle uomini non si toglie ne roba né onore vivono contenti.

Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince · 1532
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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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