Niccolò Machiavelli: It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.

It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious. — Niccolò Machiavelli

It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.

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