So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honour, they are satisfied.

E qualunque volta alle universalità delle uomini non si toglie ne roba né onore vivono contenti.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

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Topic

The masses Human nature

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli

Source

The Prince

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Italian

Time

1532 1530s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.

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All men by nature desire to know.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
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Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 2, sc. 2.

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Another quote originally in Italian

Consider your origin;
you were not born to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Italian
Time
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Era
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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.