Chapter 18
How princes should keep faith: a wise lord cannot and should not observe faith when such observance turns against him and the causes that made him promise are eliminated.
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From The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
A prudent prince cannot and should not observe faith when it would turn against him; given that men are wicked, a prince is not bound to keep promises that have become disadvantageous.
Chapter 18
Alexander VI did nothing but deceive men, and always found subjects to work upon; he is praised as the master of dissimulation.
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