The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.


Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy (written 1513–17) bk. 3, ch. 9 (translated by Allan Gilbert)

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.