The Discourses on Livy, Book 3, ch. 48 (1517) [tr. Detmold (1882)] - Machiavelli, Niccolo

Any manifest error on the part of an enemy should make us suspect some stratagem.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian politician, philosopher, political scientist
The Discourses on Livy, Book 3, ch. 48 (1517) [tr. Detmold (1882)]

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