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For nearly 500 years, Machiavelli's observations on Realpolitik have shocked and appalled the timid and romantic, and for many his name was equivalent to the devil's own. Yet, 'The Prince' was the first attempt to write of the world of politics as it is, rather than sanctimoniously of how it should be, and thus 'The Prince' remains as honest and relevant today as when Machiavelli first put quill to parchment, and warned the junior statesman to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.