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Quotation from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
“Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity”
The Prince, Chapter XV, trans. W. K. Marriott (1908)
The practical consequence Machiavelli draws from the gap between how people live and how they ought to live.
Citation: "Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter XV, trans. W. K. Marriott (1908). (id the-prince-q5)
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
