In the canon
The Prince
- Form
- Form Philosophy
- Year
- Year 1532
- Originally in
- Originally in Italian
- Pages
- Pages 100
A sacked Florentine diplomat writes a ruler's handbook that says the quiet part aloud: better feared than loved, cruelty well used is mercy, and appearances beat virtue.
it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.
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