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Card #c121IR // #c121Synthesis

so it is necessary for a prince to know how to make use of both natures, and that one without the other is not durable. A prince, therefore, being compelled knowingly to adopt the beast, ought to choose the fox and the lion; because the lion cannot defend himself against snares and the fox cannot defend himself against wolves. Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves.

— In our words · Source: The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)

[Use when]

When someone is all-lawyer or all-muscle.

[Why it matters]

Force without cunning walks into snares; cunning without force cannot hold what it takes. One without the other is not durable.

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