"The first method for estimating…" — Niccolo Machiavelli

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"La première méthode pour estimer l'intelligence d'un dirigeant est de regarder les hommes qui l'entourent".

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“Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel”

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