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nalties for their citizens, and never compensate one with the other. chap. 24. p. 39

Whoever wishes to reform an ancient State in a free city should at least retain the shadow of the ancient ways. chap. 25. p. 40

A new Prince in a city or province taken by him should make everything new. chap. 26. p. 41

Very rarely do men know how to be entirely wicked or entirely good. chap. 27. p. 41

For what reason the Romans were less ungrateful to their citizens than the Athenians. chap. 28. p. 42 Note: The original text incorrectly lists this as chapter 27 again.

Which is more ungrateful, a people or a Prince. chap. 29. p. 43

What methods a Prince or a Republic should use to flee this vice of ingratitude, and what methods a Captain or a citizen should use to avoid being oppressed by it. chap. 30. p. 45

That Roman Captains, for an error committed, were never extraordinarily punished, nor were they ever punished even when, due to their ignorance or poor decisions taken by them, harm resulted to the Republic. chap. 31. p. 46

A Republic or a Prince should not delay in benefiting men in their necessities. chap. 32. p. 47

When an inconvenience has grown either in a state or against a state, it is a more healthy decision to stall it than to strike it. chap. 33. p. 48

Dictatorial authority did good and not harm to the Roman Republic, and how the authorities that citizens seize for themselves, and not those that are given to them by free suffrages, are pernicious to civil life. chap. 34. p. 50

The reason why in Rome the creation of the De-