彼得拉克庆祝他们征服财富并登上顶峰的伟大成就。这就是尼科诺·马基雅维利所颠覆的传记传统。

Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.

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马基雅维利奉献的开场白让人回想起希腊修辞学家伊索卡特（Isocrates）组成的经典演说《尼科莱斯》。

The opening lines of Machiavelli’sdedication recall the classical oration To Nicoles composed by the Greek rhetorician Isocrates.

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1944年4月16日，英国彻弗利的赛马名镇纽马基特，赛马“尼尔科”被牵出防弹掩体，它是有史以来售价最高的赛马。

Nearco, the highest priced racehorse ever sold (? 65,000), has a bomb-proof shelter at this town near Newmarket, Cheveley, England on April 16, 1944.

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