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 Macheath (Captain).Machiavellism. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mac’hiavelli.
 
The Imperial Machiavelli. Tiberius, the Roman emperor. (B.C. 42 to A.D. 37.)   1
   His political axiom was—“He who knows not how to dissemble knows not how to reign.” It was also the axiom of Louis XI. of France.   2
 


 Macheath (Captain).Machiavellism. 

 
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