As laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so good manners are necessary that laws may be maintained.
Niccolò Machiavelli
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I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.
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Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.
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