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He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

Niccolo Machiavelli
Fall, Ambition, Loss

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

Niccolo Machiavelli
Death, Father, Loss
Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.69, FastPencil Inc

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

Niccolo Machiavelli
Father, Son, Loss

The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

Niccolo Machiavelli
Art, War, Loss

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

Niccolo Machiavelli
Father, Loss, Son
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 462-63, Del. Prin, Chapter XVII, 1922.

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