I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards … - Niccolo Machiavelli

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Nothing is more repulsive than a furtively prurient spirituality; it is just as unsavory as gross sensuality.

Niccolo Machiavelli

I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor the other in any way diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious, and the other increases his hatred of you, and makes him more persevering in his efforts to injure you

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