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Nasce da questo una disputa: s'egli e' meglio essere amato che temuto, o e' converso. Rispondesi che si vorebbe essere l'uno e l'altro; ma perche¤ egli e' difficile accozzarli insieme, e' molto pi u' sicuro essere temuto che amato, quando si abbia a mancare dell'uno de'due. Thisleadstoa debate: isit better to be loved thanfeared, or the reverse? The answer is that it is desirable to be both, but because it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer fora prince to be feared than loved, if he isto fail in one of the two.
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