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Artifice is allowable in deceiving a rival, we may employ everything against our enemies.

— Cardinal Richelieu

Pour tromper un rival l'artifice est permis;
On peut tout employer contre ses ennemis.

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Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

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To mislead a rival, deception is permissible; one may use all means against his enemies.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

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