Niccolò Machiavelli: Call me a dreamer, but one day, my name will become an adjective for everything cynical and untrustworthy in human natur

Call me a dreamer, but one day, my name will become an adjective for everything — Niccolò Machiavelli

Call me a dreamer, but one day, my name will become an adjective for everything cynical and untrustworthy in human nature.

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