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  • A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

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    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 462-63, Del. Prin, Chapter XVII, 1922.

  • One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.

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    Philosophical  
    Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.93, Penguin

  • A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

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Niccolo Machiavelli

  • Born: May 3, 1469
  • Died: June 21, 1527
  • Occupation: Historian
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