...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
Niccolo MachiavelliWith difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.
Niccolo MachiavelliHow we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.
Niccolo Machiavelli