Read the passage from chapter 17 of The Prince.
Nevertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act,
nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a
temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that
too much confidence may not make him incautious and
too much distrust render him intolerable.
What meaning is emphasized by the words temperate,
prudence, and humanity in the paragraph?
that princes are even harsher than Machiavelli
describes
Othat readers should not have sympathy for a prince
O that a prince should only be cruel when necessary
O that weak rulers must learn to be frightening