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her　pooror　despised；　or　else；　in　avoiding　poverty；　rapacious　and　hated。　And　aprince　should　guard　himself；　above　all　things；　against　being　despisedand　hated；　and　liberality　leads　you　to　both。　Therefore　it　is　wiser　tohave　a　reputation　for　meanness　which　brings　reproach　without　hatred；than　to　be　pelled　through　seeking　a　reputation　for　liberality　toincur　a　name　for　rapacity　which　begets　reproach　with　hatred。CHAPTER　XVIICONCERNING　CRUELTY　AND　CLEMENCY；　AND　WHETHER　IT　IS　BETTER　TO　BE　LOVEDTHAN　FEAREDING　noentioned　above；　I　say　that　everyprince　ought　to　desire　to　be　considered　clement　and　not　cruel。Nevertheless　he　ought　to　take　care　not　to　misuse　this　clemency。　CesareBorgia　was　considered　cruel；　notwithstanding；　his　cruelty　reconciled　theRomagna；　unified　it；　and　restored　it　to　peace　and　loyalty。　And　if　thisbe　rightly　considered；　he　will　be　seen　to　have　been　much　more　mercifulthan　the　Florentine　people；　who；　to　avoid　a　reputation　for　cruelty；permitted　Pistoia　to　be　destroyed。　Therefore　a　prince；　so　long　as　hekeeps　his　subjects　united　and　loyal；　ought　not　to　mind　the　reproach　ofcruelty；　because　with　a　few　examples　he　will　be　more　merciful　than　thosewho；　through　too　much　mercy；　allow　disorders　to　arise；　from　which　followmurders　or　robberies；　for　these　are　wont　to　injure　the　whole　people；whilst　those　executions　which　originate　with　a　prince　offend　theindividual　only。And　of　all　princes；　it　is　impossible　for　the　new　prince　to　avoid　theimputation　of　cruelty；　owing　to　new　states　being　full　of　dangers。　HenceVirgil；　through　the　mouth　of　Dido；　excuses　the　inhumanity　of　her　reignowing　to　its　being　new；　saying： Res　dura；　et　regni　novitas　me　talia　cogunt Moliri；　et　late　fines　custode　tueri。　＇1＇Nevertheless　he　ought　to　be　slow　to　believe　and　to　act；　nor　should　hehim