Though Fraud In Other Activities Be Detestable, In The Management Of War It Is Laudable And Glorious, And He Who Overcomes An Enemy By Fraud Is As Much To Be Praised As He Who Does So By Force.

Though Fraud In Other Activities Be Detestable, In The Management Of War It Is Laudable And Glorious, And He Who Overcomes An Enemy By Fraud Is As Much To Be Praised As He Who Does So By Force.

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Though fraud in other activities be detestable, in the management of war it
is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes an enemy by fraud is as much
to be praised as he who does so by force.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli

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