Niccolo Machiavelli
Just as artists who draw landscapes get down in the valley to study the mountains and go up to the mountains to look down on the valley, so one has to be a prince to get to know the character of a people and a man of the people to know the character of a prince.
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Just as artists who draw landscapes get down in the valley to study the mountains and go up to the mountains to look down on the valley, so one has to be a prince to get to know the character of a people and a man of the people to know the character of a prince. - Niccolo Machiavelli quote

Just as artists who draw landscapes get down in the valley to study the mountains and go up to the mountains to look down on the valley, so one has to be a prince to get to know the character of a people and a man of the people to know the character of a prince.

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Also know as Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian politician, writer and author

May 3rd, 1469 - June 21st, 1527