From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other, but because they are difficult to combine, it is far better to be loved than feared if you cannot be both.

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Niccol Machiavelli was a medieval florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince, written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back
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