but princes are so, even to their very gestures, looks and thoughts, the people conceiving they have right and title to be judges of them besides that the blemishes of the great naturally appear greater by reason of the eminence and lustre of the place where they are seated, and that a mole or a wart appears greater in them than a wide gash in others.
Denak espioitza eta kontrolaren beldur dira: eta hala suertatzen dira beren ekintza eta gogoetetan ere, jende guziak uste baitu eskubidea eta interesa duela haien epaiketan; gainera, lohidurak handiagotzen dira dauden lekuaren goitasun eta ageritasunaren arabera, eta kopetan den hutsune edo kalitxa bat ageriagoak dira beste nonbait orbaindura bat baino.