Niccolò Machiavelli Quote

A man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.


Ch. 15; Variant: A man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good. - The Prince (1513)


A man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.

A man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.

A man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.

A man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil.