Discourses on Livy

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Contempt and insult generate hatred against those who use them without any utility to themselves. chap. 26. p. 134

For prudent Princes and Republics, it should suffice to win: because most of the time when that does not suffice, one loses. chap. 27. p. 135

How dangerous it is to a Republic, or to a Prince, not to avenge an injury done against the public or against an individual. chap. 28. p. 137

Fortune blinds the minds of men when she does not wish them to oppose her designs. chap. 29. p. 138

Truly powerful Republics and Princes do not buy friendships with money, but with virtue and with the reputation of fortresses. chap. 30. p. 139

How dangerous it is to believe exiles. chap. 31. p. 141

In how many ways the Romans occupied lands. chap. 32. p. 142

How the Romans gave free commissions i.e., discretionary authority to their army Captains. chap. 33. p. 144

T A B L E O F T H E T H I R D B O O K

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To wish that a sect referring to a religious or political movement or a Republic may live long, it is necessary to pull it back often toward its beginning. chap. 1. p. 145

How it is a very wise thing to feign madness at the right time. chap. 2. p. 148

How it is necessary, to wish to maintain a liberty newly acquired, to kill the sons of Brutus. chap. 3. p. 149

A Prince does not live securely in a principality,