... ). Whether territory is "acquired either by fortune or by prowess", (Machiavelli (Bull) 1961, 11 ) he believes that the amount of difficulty a prince faces depends on "the degree of ability" he possesses (Machiavelli (Bull) 1961, 12 Machiavelli's admires leaders that have the skill to take advantage of any prospect and gain benefits from it. He reiterates that those who "depend on ... or the candidates ability, but their looks and appearance. Machiavelli understood that humans will always trust their eyes more than anything else and sometimes put too much faith in what they perceive to be...

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