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However much Rome may be in the habit of speaking and writing, for my own part, I shall give these libellers a lesson in good manners.

— Cesare Borgia

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Source: Cesare to his father, Pope Alexander VI, (November, 1501), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter XI: The Letter to Silvio Savelli.
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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