The More Sand Has Escaped

A Prince Being Thus Obliged To Know Well How To Act As A Beast Must Imitate The Fox And The Lion, For The Lion Cannot Protect Himself From Snares, And The Fox Cannot Defend Himself From Wolves.

And When He Is Obliged To Take The Life Of Any One, To Do So When There Is A Proper Justification And Manifest Reason For It; But Above All He Must Abstain From Taking The Property Of Others, For Men Forget More Easily The Death Of Their Father Than The Loss Of Their Patrimony.

They Have Not Any Difficulties On The Way Up Because They Fly, But They Have Many When They Reach The Summit.

The Prince Must Be A Lion, But He Must Also Know How To Play The Fox.

Necessities Can Be Many, But The One That Is Stronger Is That Which Constrains You To Win Or To Die.