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[F]or how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for ought to be done, will rather learn to bring about his own ruin than his preservation. A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore, it is necessary for a prince, who wishes to maintain himself, to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge and not use it, according to he necessity of the case. ~Niccolo Machiavelli

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