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It May Be Observed, That Provinces Amid The Vicissitudes To Which They Are Subject, Pass From Order Into Confusion, And Afterward Recur To A State Of Order Again; For The Nature Of Mundane Affairs Not Allowing Them To Continue In An Even Course, When They Have Arrived At Their Greatest Perfection, They Soon Begin To Decline.

Men Generally Decide Upon A Middle Course, Which Is Most Hazardous, For They Know Neither How To Be Entirely Good Nor Entirely Bad.

The Prince Must Be A Lion, But He Must Also Know How To Play The Fox.

The Promise Given Was A Necessity Of The Past: The Word Broken Is A Necessity Of The Present.

Men Are Driven By Two Principal Impulses, Either By Love Or By Fear.