It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, … — The Prince

The Prince — Niccolò Machiavelli

It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain. And when neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.

Место: CHAPTER XIX -- THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED · ¶232
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