tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684272603803213528.post8952621843197143986..comments2023-03-24T01:50:00.867-07:00Comments on Madeira Riviera: Flip through some pages!B@manMadeirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05826326742156731503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684272603803213528.post-41240947046017037442011-01-04T14:20:55.429-08:002011-01-04T14:20:55.429-08:00And if you get tired of reading you can take a bre...And if you get tired of reading you can take a break with some oversized coffee table books! Love'em, LOL!!Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299577911398502117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684272603803213528.post-62618572589869213812011-01-01T23:16:57.005-08:002011-01-01T23:16:57.005-08:00Have you read it Andy? Mock advice or not, it is r...Have you read it Andy? Mock advice or not, it is read all over the world by politicians and the advice therein is hardly unsound. The United States Naval Academy has its students read it. Here is an excerpt I find especially true: <br /><br />"Men must be either pampered or crushed, because they can get revenge for small injuries but not for fatal ones. So any injury a prince does a man should be of such a kind that there is no fear of revenge."<br /><br />and here is another (referring to the romans):<br />"They never, to avoid a war, allowed them to go unchecked, because they knew that there is no avoiding a war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."B@manMadeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05826326742156731503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684272603803213528.post-82208906272092753822011-01-01T03:00:29.335-08:002011-01-01T03:00:29.335-08:00Ha! did you know that "the Prince" is ac...Ha! did you know that "the Prince" is actually a work of satire through sarcasm? Machiavelli wrote it as a work of mock advice after he was expelled and the democratic government was taken over by a single family and turned into a autocracy. <br /><br />he was actually a big believer in democracy and the rule of the people rather than the rule of one. Just thought that would be helpful to keep in mind while reading it.A piercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927573521764321681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684272603803213528.post-48552173517469989302010-12-29T13:13:46.825-08:002010-12-29T13:13:46.825-08:00amen :)amen :)LDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924597544423166525noreply@blogger.com