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The 50th Law - I'm out - Machiavelli quote did it.
I've been reading this sporadically and been on the fence about it. I just found this in an earlier excerpt I had overlooked. I think I'll move on to a more worthy work.
Was there really not a different quote that could have conveyed the same idea without implying the necessity to dominate women? Am I overreacting?
IN MY VIEW ... IT IS BETTER TO BE IMPETUOUS THAN CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE FORTUNE IS A WOMAN, AND IF YOU WISH TO DOMINATE HER YOU MUST BEAT HER AND BATTER HER. IT IS CLEAR THAT SHE WILL LET HERSELF BE WON BY MEN WHO ARE IMPETUOUS RATHER THAN BY THOSE WHO STEP CAUTIOUSLY.
– Niccolò Machiavelli