... cowardly when confronted by determined enemies. Machiavelli states very boldly that: "the present ruin of Italy has been caused by nothing else than the reliance over so many years on mercenary armies." The source then begins to speak about hatred. Machiavelli fears one ought not to be hated, and feels that it is quite possible to be both feared and not ... ...

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