Niccolò Machiavelli: Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.

Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali. — Niccolò Machiavelli

Sono maggiori li spaventi ch'e mali.

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It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious. — Niccolò Machiavelli
In terra di ciechi chi vi ha un occhio è signore. — Niccolò Machiavelli
El fine si ha a riguardare in tutte le cose. — Niccolò Machiavelli
To save all we must risk all. — Friedrich Schiller
Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man. — Leonardo da Vinci
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I begin to smell a rat. — Miguel de Cervantes
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