...Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, because it belongs toeverybody to see you, to few to come in touch with you. Every one seeswhat you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few darenot oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majestyof the state to defend them; and in the actions of all men, andespecially of princes, which it is not prudent to challenge, one judgesby the result.
-Niccolò Machiavelli
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