One prince[5] of the present time, whom it is not well to name, never preaches anything else but peace and good faith, and to both he is most hostile, and either, if he had kept it, would have deprived him of reputation and kingdom many a time.
[1]"The present chapter has given greater offence than any other portion of Machiavelli's writings." Burd, "Il Principe," p. 297.