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Since fortune changes and people keep to their ways, people succeed while the two agree and fail when they diverge
Drawn from what Niccolò Machiavelli said
What Niccolò Machiavelli actually said
- Niccolò Machiavelli Florentine political philosopher and diplomat (1469 to 1527)
I conclude, therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out.
Where this was said
↗The Prince (tr. W. K. Marriott, 1908)gutenberg.org
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