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Niccolò Machiavelli
History of Florence

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1 I, I | provinces.~That they might be better able to avenge themselves 2 II, I | considered that it would be better to effect the reunion of 3 II, III | of so good a result, be better to lay down their arms than, 4 II, III | time, and that it would be better to do so then than delay 5 II, III | were more peaceable and better disposed, it appeared a 6 II, VI | not being able to adopt a better expedient, they made use 7 II, VIII| they could not devise any better plan, knowing the power 8 II, VIII| finding they could not do better, that on the following morning 9 II, VIII| his person. In order the better to defend himself against 10 II, VIII| the cultivation of their better feelings, and strove rather 11 II, I | bishop thought it would be better to act kindly toward their 12 II, I | Rubaconte Bridge, but no better success resulting, they 13 III, I | ground to hope that, with better government, our city will 14 III, I | city will be attended with better fortune; for the malignity 15 III, I | found that most men are better adapted to pursue a good 16 III, II | the other hand, thought it better to defer, since they would 17 III, II | either have greater virtue or better fortune than himself.” And 18 III, V | Puccio and a few others of better quality. The honors of government 19 III, VII | moderation; for it would be much better to enjoy an imperfect victory 20 IV, I | Upon this Filippo, the better to conceal his purpose, 21 IV, I | manifest, it would still be better to wait and let him commence 22 IV, I | enemy in their houses, and better to go and seek him; that 23 IV, II | restrained by greater force or better regulations, appoint the 24 IV, III | insufficient, or he found better elsewhere; for quite suddenly 25 IV, IV | possible; for there was no better method of reducing Lucca 26 IV, V | by fear rather than any better motive, fled to Pistoia, 27 IV, VI | as follows: “It would be better for thee and thy house, 28 IV, VI | that account, and they in a better; for were it to come either 29 IV, VII | it would have been much better for them to have done nothing 30 IV, VII | gentle, and humane person, better adapted for literary pursuits 31 IV, VII | Ridolfo Peruzzi, and no better course being open to him, 32 V, III | of this, that seeing no better course to adopt, they complied 33 V, III | defense, in order to have a better ground for requesting assistance, 34 V, IV | should ourselves have been in better condition, and your republic 35 V, V | lives and so rich a city for better fortune, than by endeavoring 36 V, VI | Venetians. In order the better to become acquainted with 37 VI, II | to him thus: “No one can better advise you in this matter 38 VI, IV | therefore considered it better for the republic of Florence 39 VI, IV | To attain this he saw no better means than to refrain from 40 VI, V | enabled the city to make better provision for places of 41 VI, VI | thought he could not do better than deliver his country 42 VII, I | he replied that, “it was better to injure the city, than 43 VII, III | principle.~Diotisalvi, the better to conceal his design, frequently 44 VII, III | for peace, it would be far better to be in a condition to 45 VII, V | being unable to obtain better terms, submitted to the 46 VII, V(2)| A lean peace is better than a fat victory.~ 47 VIII, I | and therefore it would be better to wait till Lorenzo went 48 VIII, I | Florence, as they would thus be better able to conceal their design, 49 VIII, IV | some new alliance to give a better turn to their affairs. They 50 VIII, VI | afterward, that it would be better to obtain Niccolo Vitello


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