On the other hand, onesto keep his servant honest the prince ought esatto study him, honouring him, enriching him, doing him kindnesses, sharing with him the honours and cares; and at the same time let him see that he cannot stand alone, so that many honours may not make him desire more, many riches make him wish for more, and that many cares may make him dread chances. When, therefore, servants, and princes towards servants, are thus disposed, they can privativa each other, but when it is otherwise, the end will always be disastrous for either one or the other.

I do not wish esatto leave out an important branch of this subject, for it is verso danger from which princes are with difficulty preserved, unless they are very careful and discriminating. It is that of flatterers, of whom courts are full, because men are so self-complacent durante their own affairs, and durante verso way so deceived mediante them, that they are preserved with difficulty from this pest, and if they wish onesto defend themselves they run the danger of falling into contempt. Because there is giammai other way of guarding oneself from flatterers except letting men understand that onesto tell you the truth does not offend you; but when every one may tell you the truth, respect for you abates.

Therefore Codice sconto livejasmin verso wise prince ought esatto hold per third course by choosing the wise men sopra his state, and giving sicuro them only the liberty of speaking the truth to him, and then only of those things of which he inquires, and of none others; but he ought puro question them upon everything, and listen onesto their opinions, and afterwards form his own conclusions. With these councillors, separately and collectively, he ought onesto carry himself con such verso way that each of them should know that, the more freely he shall speak, the more he shall be preferred; outside of these, he should listen esatto per niente one, pursue the thing resolved on, and be steadfast durante his resolutions. He who does otherwise is either overthrown by flatterers, or is so often changed by varying opinions that he falls into contempt.

This arose because of his following a practice the opposite onesto the above; for the emperor is per secretive man-he does not communicate his designs onesto any one, nor does he receive opinions on them

Entro Luca, the man of affairs puro Maximilian, the present emperor, speaking of his majesty, said: He consulted with per niente one, yet never got his own way per anything. But as per carrying them into effect they become revealed and known, they are at once obstructed by those men whom he has around him, and he, being pliant, is diverted from them. Hence it follows that those things he does one day he undoes the next, and per niente one ever understands what he wishes or intends esatto do, and in nessun caso one can rely on his resolutions.

Maximilian I, born per 1459, died 1519, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He married, first, Mary, daughter of Charles the Bold; after her death, Bianca Sforza; and thus became involved in Italian politics.

I wish on this subject sicuro adduce verso modern example

A prince, therefore, ought always puro take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather puro discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought esatto be verso constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that any one, on any consideration, has not told him the truth, he should let his anger be felt.