"Quello che giova al nimico nuoce a te, e quel che giova a te nuoce al nimico."

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That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy. — Rule 1 from Machiavelli's Lord Fabrizio Colonna: libro settimo (Book 7) (Modern Italian uses nemico instead of nimico.)