Well-Used Cruelty (do it all at once, or not at all)

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Chapter VIII + XVII give a unified doctrine: cruelty committed all at once, in one blow, becomes safety; cruelty committed day-by-day, in increments, becomes hatred.

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  1. Verbatim core > "Cesare Borgia was considered cruel; notwithstanding, his cruelty reconciled the Romagna, unified it, and restored it to peace and loyalty…
  2. The doctrine Agathocles / Cesare Borgia are the canonical examples.

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