Monday, March 26, 2007

You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first mehod is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often insufficient, one must have recourse to the second. It is therefore necessary for a prince to know well how to use both the beast and the man...

-The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

every single book you quote here is read in the Foundation Year Program at the University of Kings College in Halifax Nova Scotia.

Fajita said...

well, they're probably read in most colleges in Foundation Year, dear.

who might you be?

Anonymous said...

I understand, I'm just happy that other students appreciate them as well.

Fajita said...

:') me, too. it makes me happy.

share some of your inspirations.