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by Niccolò Machiavelli

Recommended by Peter Thiel

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.

"Something in these pages planted itself deep into [Peter Thiel]’s mind when he first read it long ago." - Ryan Holiday

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