• I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

  Machiavelli
  Florentine state philosopher 1469-1527
  

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1. contemptuous
2. expressions
3. cautious
4. threats
5. neither
6. excites

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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself. by : Machiavelli

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