Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.


The Portable Machiavelli (ed. Penguin, 1979) - ISBN: 9781101128091

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.