Niccolò Machiavelli Quote

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.


The Prince (ed. Penguin UK, 2009) - ISBN: 9780141966526


I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is...

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is...

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is...

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is...