The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times.

Egli si è di sopra discorso, come uno tristo cittadino non può male operare in una republica che non sia corrotta

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Topic

Timing Fortune Luck

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli

Source

Discourses on Livy

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Italian

Time

1531 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 3, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 3, ch. 9.

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