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Nor should anything said after dinner be taken for counsel.

— Philippe de Commines

Car on ne doit point tenir pour conseil ce qui se fait après disner.

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They might make their profit of it, as out of a merchant.

He who has the profits of war has the honour.

Two princes who wish to remain on friendly terms should never see each other but send good and wise men to one another, and these should maintain their friendship and amend any faults.

Kings and princes have much more power when they undertake some enterprise on the advice of their subjects. They are then more feared by their enemies.

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