To rely wholly on the lion is unwise ; and for this reason a prudent Prince neither can nor ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. If all men were good, this would not be good advice,... The Prince - 第 110 頁Niccolò Machiavelli 著 - 1882 - 181 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
| 1881 - 530 頁
...detail. In Ch. XVIII. the Prince is bidden to resort to cunning and fraud when necessary ; for he " neither can nor ought to keep his word, when to keep...the causes which led him to pledge it are removed." For the purpose of imposing upon the world the Prince should seem to have all good qualities ; but... | |
| James Harvey Robinson - 1906 - 616 頁
...the toils, nor the fox from wolves. He must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves. To rely wholly on the lion is unwise ;...ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. If all men were good, this would not... | |
| Niccolò Machiavelli - 1910 - 416 頁
...the toils, nor the fox from wolves. He must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves. To rely wholly on the lion is unwise ;...ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. If all men were good, this would not... | |
| Niccolò Machiavelli - 1910 - 416 頁
...the toils, nor the fox from wolves. He must therefore be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off wolves. To rely wholly on the lion is unwise;...ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. If all men were good, this would not... | |
| Samuel Bannister Harding - 1913 - 812 頁
...the contemporary Florentine writer Machiavelli, in his work entitled The Prince. In this he says that "a prudent prince neither can nor ought to keep his word when to keep it is harmful to him, and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed." The despots of Milan were among... | |
| 1917 - 812 頁
...choose both the lion and the fox . . . he must be a fox to discern toils, and a lion to drive off the wolves. To rely wholly on the lion is unwise ; and...ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. ... it might be shown how many solemn... | |
| Samuel Bannister Harding - 1918 - 842 頁
...the contemporary Florentine writer Machiavelli, in his work entitled The Prince. In this he says that "a prudent prince neither can nor ought to keep his word when to keep it is harmful to him, and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed." The despots of Milan were among... | |
| Thomas Joseph Lawrence - 1919 - 216 頁
...cruel, if thereby he keeps his subjects in their allegiance and united," s while as to good faith he " neither can nor ought to keep his word when to keep...the causes which led him to pledge it are removed." * Nicolo Machiavelli banished morality from statecraft, and the rough fighting-men among his disciples... | |
| Robert Balmain Mowat - 1927 - 474 頁
...accomplished great things, and in the end had the better of those who trusted to honest dealing. . . . To rely wholly on the lion is unwise ; and for this...ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. With this terrible assertion we may leave... | |
| Adam Przeworski, Susan C. Stokes, Bernard Manin - 1999 - 368 頁
...survival of politicians, accommodating the governed to unpopular initiatives or to breaches of promises: "A prudent Prince neither can nor ought to keep his word when to keep it is hurtful to him and the causes which led him to pledge it are removed. ... No Prince was ever at a loss for... | |
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