Niccolò Machiavelli On Con Artists, Hucksters, And Their Admirers

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Niccolò Machiavelli understood the human condition.

“Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli

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