[語錄] 老天不可能有更好的機會讓人獲得榮耀

「說真的，君主想要尋求世間的榮耀，理當盼望在腐敗的城邦掌權，為的不是像凱薩那樣把他徹底毀壞，而是像羅穆盧斯那樣加以整頓。而且說真的，老天不可能有更好的機會讓人獲得榮耀，人也不可能奢求更寶貴的機會。」

"And truly, a Prince seeking the glory of the world ought to desire to possess a corrupt City, not to spoil it entirely like Caesar, but to reorganize it like Romulus. And truly the heavens cannot give man a greater opportunity for glory, nor could man desire a better one."

Machiavelli, "Discourse on the First Ten Books of Titus Livy" 10:6,1.