https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:53:43 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/machiavelli-niccolo/22244/ https://wist.info/machiavelli-niccolo/22244/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:14:41 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=22244 The first impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men that he has about him.

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian politician, philosopher, political scientist
The Prince, ch. 22 (1513) [tr. Ricci (1903)]

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