english: Most famously, he notes that for a ruler, “it is much safer to be feared  than loved.” The tract even ends with an appeal to  Lorenzo de’ Medici, the recently installed ruler of Florence, urging him to unite the fragmented  city-states of Italy under his rule.
non_english: I, kao najpoznatije, naveo je da je za vladara „mnogo sigurnije da ga se plaše nego da ga vole“. Traktat se čak završava obraćanjem Lorencu de Medičiju, nedavno postavljenom vladaru Firence, u kome ga poziva da ujedini rasparčane gradove-države Italije pod svojom vlašću.