It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Also know as Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian politician, writer and author

May 3rd, 1469 - June 21st, 1527