A Literacy Classic 1532: The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli (Hardback) Mary Shelley

"Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved."

January 2023