 | Sir Henry Marion Durand, Henry Mortimer Durand - 1879 - 522 páginas
...induced him to promise exist no longer. And if men were all good, this precept would not be good ; but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you also need not keep it with them.) Macnaghten was not single in his high courage. The bones of many... | |
 | 1882 - 546 páginas
...induced him to promise, exist no longer. And if men were all good, this precept would not be good ; but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you also need not keep it with them). Upon the character of the general policy of the Government which... | |
 | Laurie Magnus - 1918 - 436 páginas
...of little account, and have known how to circumvent the intellect of men by craft. . . . Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith when...reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer ' *. These politic teachings have an ominous modern sound. We find them almost verbally reproduced,... | |
 | United States. Committee on Public Information - 1918 - 388 páginas
...force or motives of self-interest, is thus expressed in the eighteenth chapter : "A wise ruler can not, nor ought he to, keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons which caused him to pledge it no longer exist." The point of view here expressed has always been known... | |
 | Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett Esher (Viscount) - 1920 - 264 páginas
...Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man. A wise lord cannot, nor ought he to keep faith when...reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer. Nor will there ever be wanting to a prince legitimate reasons to excuse this nonobservance." " That... | |
 | Henry Holt - 1919 - 482 páginas
...things have held good faith of small account, and have prevailed over those who have kept their word. "A wise lord cannot nor ought he to keep faith when...observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons which caused him to pledge it exist no longer." Fraud is again openly defended in the Second Book of... | |
 | 1921 - 1326 páginas
...ciime, cruelty, falsehood, were justifiable. Some of his precepts are indeed revealing ; " Because (men) are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to obseive it with them." Here is another: "It is necessary to be a great pretender and dissembler... | |
 | Wyndham Lewis - 1927 - 340 páginas
...ought he to, keep faith where such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons which caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were...and will not keep faith with you, you, too, are not bound to observe it with them," Of the great Borgia pope, Alexander VI., Machiavelli says: " Alexander... | |
 | Niccolò Machiavelli - 1928 - 328 páginas
...terrify the wolves. Those who rely simply on the lion do not understand [x-what they are about. Therefore a wise lord / cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith...and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them. Nor will there ever be wanting to a prince legitimate reasons to excuse... | |
 | Will Durant, Ariel Durant - 1953 - 808 páginas
...become a detriment to the nation; "a wise lord cannot, nor ought he, keep faith when such observance can be turned against him, and when the reasons that caused him to pledge it no longer exist."108 Some degree of public support is indispensable. But if a ruler must choose between... | |
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Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he, to keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that, caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad,... 
