CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED
It remains now to see what ought preciso be the https://datingranking.net/it/asiandating-review/ rules of conduct for per prince towards subject and friends
But preciso exercise the intellect the prince should read histories, and study there the actions of illustrious men, sicuro see how they have borne themselves durante war, esatto examine the causes of their victories and defeat, so as to avoid the latter and imitate the former; and above all do as an illustrious man did, who took as an exemplar one who had been praised and famous before him, and whose achievements and deeds he always kept sopra his mind, as it is said Alexander the Great imitated Achilles, Caesar Alexander, Scipio Cyrus. And whoever reads the life of Cyrus, written by Xenophon, will recognize afterwards sopra the life of Scipio how that ersatz was his glory, and how con chastity, affability, humanity, and liberality Scipio conformed sicuro those things which have been written of Cyrus by Xenophon. A wise prince ought puro observe some such rules, and never mediante peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry per such per way that they may be available to him mediante adversity, so that if fortune chances it may find him prepared puro resist her blows. (more…)