Example sentences for: machiavelli

How can you use “machiavelli” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In his masterpiece, The Prince , Niccolò Machiavelli offers a rather pessimistic view on human nature, in which ‘love is held by a chain of obligation which, since men are bad, is broken at every opportunity for personal gain’.

  • And, as for the type of respect we seek: Machiavelli's advice--that it is better to be feared than loved--will make much less sense in the 21 st century than it did in the 16 th . Goodwill toward America is becoming a national-security asset worth cultivating.

  • It was Machiavelli, in fact, who invented the notion of disinformation , on which all contemporary politics crucially depends.

  • It was inevitable that--as the New York Times reports--Shakespeare would come to rival Machiavelli as the most popular adviser in world literature for businessmen who want to lie, cheat, and scheme their way to the top.

  • If they're tired of feeling inferior to the latter task, I highly recommend my new book, What Would Machiavelli Do?


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