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Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes: He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.
         

He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.


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