cortegiania:All that can be certain about Cesare’s end is that he died as he had lived, v i o l e n
cortegiania:All that can be certain about Cesare’s end is that he died as he had lived, v i o l e n t l y, alone, fighting against the o d d s. He died, and therefore he failed, but he might have succeeded. Few men are born, as he was, with a sense of their own destiny and a will to achieve it so strong that they are prepared to sacrifice anything to that end, and it is not necessarily a recipe for inevitable failure. The lust for power is as strong and all-consuming as the compulsion of creative genius. Cesare was ruthless, amoral, in many ways a political gangster, if a brilliant one, but the single-minded drive and ability with which he pursued his destiny gave him the qualities of g e n i u s. Sarah Bradford {x}R.I.P. Cesare Borgia (d. 12 March 1507) -- source link
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