Did Niccolò Machiavelli say “It is much safer to be feared than loved”?

Did Niccolò Machiavelli say “It is much safer to be feared than loved”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Niccolò Machiavelli. Source and location below.

… ter to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because …
The Prince — Nicolo Machiavelli, CHAPTER XVI -- CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS · ¶213 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #1232 · source

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