Machiavelli — "The desire to acquire is truly a very natural and common thing; and when men who…"

The desire to acquire is truly a very natural and common thing; and when men who are able to do so acquire, they are always praised and not blamed; but when they are not able to do so, and yet wish to do so, then there is blame and error.
Machiavelli — Machiavelli Early Modern · The Prince, political philosophy

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The Prince, Chapter III: Concerning Mixed Principalities

Date: 1532

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