This book was written after nightly four-hour-long sessions reading classical texts in a courtly robe, according to a letter from its author. Max Weber compared this book to the Indian Arthashastra. This book's twenty-fifth and penultimate chapter uses the image of a flooding river to describe Fortune, and it divides men of virtù into "lions" and "foxes." This book ignores lessons from republics, cautions against mercenaries or flatterers, and claims that when forced to choose, one should be feared rather than loved. For 10 points, name this book which praises Cesare 
This book was written after nightly four-hour-long sessions reading classical texts in a courtly robe, according to a letter from its author. Max Weber compared this book to the Indian Arthashastra. This book's twenty-fifth and penultimate chapter uses the image of a flooding river to describe Fortune, and it divides men of virtù into "lions" and "foxes." This book ignores lessons from republics, cautions against mercenaries or flatterers, and claims that when forced to choose, one should be feared rather than loved. For 10 points, name this book which praises Cesare Borgia, a ruthless advice manual by Niccolo Machiavelli.
This book was written after nightly four-hour-long sessions reading classical texts in a courtly robe, according to a letter from its author.
The Prince [or Il Principe] 