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Cesare Borgia

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Noun1.Cesare Borgia - Italian cardinal and military leaderCesare Borgia - Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
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And on these matters I spoke at Nantes with Rouen, when Valentino, as Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander, was usually called, occupied the Romagna, and on Cardinal Rouen observing to me that the Italians did not understand war, I replied to him that the French did not understand statecraft, meaning that otherwise they would not have allowed the Church to reach such greatness.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
 
 
 
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