October 11th, 2002, 01:16 AM
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Re: When to attack
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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The Prince?
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Il Principe , The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli. From which we get the term machiavellian -- success by any means necessicary.
I've already quoted Sun Tsu once, let me see, something from The Prince ...
OK, well, everyone building masses of weapon platforms would do well to read Chapter XX - Are Fortresses, And Many Other Things To Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous Or Hurtful?
For a quote how about...
"a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. "
"Hence it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity. "
{Thank you Project Gutenberg, I gave my peguin copy away}
[ October 11, 2002, 00:21: Message edited by: Arkcon ] |