Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of others, whereas causes for taking life are rarer and more quickly destroyed.


The Prince (ed. Knickerbocker Classics, 2017) - ISBN: 9781631063312

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of...

Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of...

Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of...

Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the goods of...