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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Machiavelli, Niccolo

Machiavelli, Niccolo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Prince. Chapters 14 - 19

Chapter XIV

How may the Prince be successful in his endeavors? By studying little but
war, for that is the only art necessary for one who commands. Correct
knowledge of war can keep a Prince who has been born to rule in power, and may
enable those who were not born princes to rise to that position. When princes
think of other matters, and neglect the arts of war, they will lose their
domains. "The chief cause of the loss of states is the contempt of war, and
the way to acquire them is to be well versed in the same."

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