Author: Niccolo Machiavelli

Cited by

• Jon Grimwood (1)
  • IN: Felaheen (2003) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Since the prince needs to play the animal he chooses among the beasts the fox and the lion, because the lion cannot protect itself from snares and the fox cannot protect itself from wolves. Therefore the prince must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten the wolves.
    FROM: The Prince, (1532), Book, Italy