The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.
In the original Italian
Egli si è di sopra discorso, come uno tristo cittadino non può male operare in una republica che non sia corrotta
1531
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Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 3, ch. 9.
Original citation
Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 3, ch. 9.