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Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
Niccolo Machiavelli

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
May 3, 1469
Date of Death:
June 21, 1527
Nationality:
Italian
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