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1  These in fact resolve themselves into one, namely, that some should survive who will avenge the death of the murdered prince.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
2  For it may reasonably be assumed, that when a prince has drawn upon himself this universal hatred, he must also have given special offence to particular men, which they will be eager to avenge.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
3  And, truly, cities and provinces like this, avenge themselves on their conquerors without blood or blow; since by infecting them with their own evil customs they prepare them for defeat at the hands of any assailant.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX.
4  So that although these her companions sought to avenge their wrongs by conspiring against her, they were soon defeated in the attempt, and remained in a worse plight than before, since they too became subjects and no longer associates.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV.
5  This manner of life, therefore, seems to have made the world feebler, and to have given it over as a prey to wicked men to deal with as they please; since the mass of mankind, in the hope of being received into Paradise, think more how to bear injuries than how to avenge them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II.
6  One reason being, that there are few men who think so much of an injury done them as to run great risks to revenge it; another, that assuming them to have both the disposition and the courage to avenge themselves, they are restrained by the universal favour which they see entertained towards the prince.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
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