Discourses on Livy

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Strong Republics and excellent men retain the same spirit and their same dignity in every fortune. chap. 31. p. 195

What methods some have held to disturb a peace. chap. 32. p. 197

It is necessary, wishing to win a day of battle, to make the army confident, both among themselves and with the Captain. chap. 33. p. 198

What fame, or voice, or opinion causes the people to begin to favor a citizen, and if they distribute the magistracies with greater prudence than a Prince. chap. 34. p. 199

What dangers are incurred in making oneself head in advising a thing, and how much more extraordinary it is, the greater the dangers one runs. chap. 35. p. 201

The reason why the French have been, and still are, judged in struggles at the beginning as more than men, and afterward as less than women. chap. 36. p. 203

Whether small battles before the main day of battle are necessary, and how one must act to know a new enemy, wishing to avoid those. chap. 37. p. 204

How a Captain should be, in whom his army can trust. chap. 38. p. 206

That a Captain must be a connoisseur of sites i.e., knowledgeable about terrain and geography. chap. 39. p. 207

That using fraud in handling war is a glorious thing. chap. 40. p. 208

That the fatherland must be defended whether with ignominy or with glory, and in any way it is well defended. chap. 41. p. 209

That promises made by force should not be observed. chap. 42. p. 209

That men who are born in a province observe almost that same nature for all time. chap. 43. p. 210