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is customary for such as seek a Prince’s favour, to present themselves before him with those things of theirs which they themselves most value, or in which they perceive him chiefly to delight. Accordingly, we often see horses, armour, cloth of gold, precious stones, and the like costly gifts, offered to Princes as worthy of their greatness. Desiring in like manner to approach your Magnificence with some token of my devotion, I have found among my possessions none that I so much prize and esteem as a knowledge of the actions of great men, acquired in the course of a long experience of modern affairs and a continual. | feedboo is The Prince Machiavelli Niccolò Translator Ninian Hill Thomson Published 1513 Categorie s Non-Fiction Philosophy Social science Political science History History by country United States Other Military Source Wikisource 1 About Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli May 3 1469 - June 21 1527 was an Italian political philosopher musician poet and romantic comedic playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its political component most widely known for his treatises on realist political theory The Prince on the one hand and republicanism Discourses on Livy on the other. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Machiavelli The Art of War 1521 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Dedication To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De Medici It is customary for such as seek a Prince s favour to present themselves before him with those things of theirs which they themselves most value or in which they perceive him chiefly to delight. Accordingly we often see horses armour cloth of gold precious stones and the like costly gifts offered to Princes as worthy of their greatness. Desiring in like manner to approach your Magnificence with some token of my devotion I have found among my possessions none that I so much prize and esteem as a knowledge of the actions of great men acquired in the course of a long experience of modern affairs and a continual study of antiquity. Which knowledge most carefully and patiently pondered over and sifted by me and now reduced into this little book I send to your Magnificence. And though I deem the work unworthy of your greatness yet am I bold enough to hope that your courtesy will dispose you to accept it considering that I can offer you no better gift than the means of mastering in a very brief time all that in the course of so many years and at the cost of so many hardships and