Nevertheless he ought onesto take care not esatto misuse this clemency. And if this be rightly considered, he will be seen onesto have been much more merciful than the Florentine people, who, onesto avoid per reputation for cruelty, permitted Pistoia sicuro be destroyed. Therefore per prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not esatto mind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders esatto arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont sicuro injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with verso prince offend the individual only.
And of all princes, it is impossible for the new prince onesto avoid the imputation of cruelty, owing puro new states being full of dangers. Hence Virgil, through the mouth of Dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing esatto its being new, saying:
Coming now puro the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire onesto be considered clement and not cruel
Nevertheless he ought puro be slow to believe and onesto act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed con per temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.
Cesare Borgia was considered cruel; notwithstanding, his cruelty reconciled the Romagna, unified it, and restored it to peace and loyalty
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