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Quotation from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

“men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony”

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince, Chapter XVII, trans. W. K. Marriott (1908)

Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli

Why a prince who must be feared should above all leave his subjects' property alone, so as to avoid hatred.

Citation: "men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony" — Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter XVII, trans. W. K. Marriott (1908). (id the-prince-q7)

Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.

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