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Machiavelli, The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, ch. 17 (1513)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Machiavelli said that if a ruler cannot be both loved and feared, it is safer to be feared.
Adapted · about grade 7
Machiavelli argued that it is much safer for a ruler to be feared than loved, if he cannot be both.
Adapted · about grade 10
It is much safer to be feared than loved, when one of the two must be given up.
Used in: What was new about the Renaissance?