A political treatise that you don't feel bad for agreeing with.
review
Written over five hundred years ago this treatise is where we got the term "Machiavellian" from. A very interesting read gives us insight to why our leaders do what they do. It is also a highly entertaining read, I found my self chortling often, not so much at the content but more the way it is written, full of over the top language and run on sentences (though that may have just been the translation). Clearly someone trying to write a more grandiose version of themselves. All in all if you want to have a better understanding of what shaped the world, read this book
7/10
"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are."
"it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails."
If you enjoyed this and want to read more of the books that shaped our world I recommend
On Liberty - John Stewart Mills
The Wealth Of Nations - Adam Smith
The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
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