He writes that people have higher regard and respect for
princes who are able be honest all the time.
Machiavelli
explains how a prince must change his behavior according to the times and
circumstances.
He should not be too worried about incurring
blame for any vice without which he would find it hard to save his state.” In the last
category he gives the example of miserliness: the prince should not mind if people
consider him a miser, because, Machiavelli says, “this is simply one of the vices that
enable him to reign.” Machiavelli is merely describing what a prince must do to keep his
state, as when he says “a prince who wants to keep his state, is often bound to do what
is not good.”
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