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Title:	not Machiavelli's...
Answer:	Il fine giustifica i mezzi.

Hints:	1. first word sounds like good or beautiful in English 2. second word has a typical Italian sound, the double Z

Explanation:	Il fine giustifica i mezzi... The end justifies the means. Many people think that was Machiavelli's belief. False! That is what Machiavelli thought to usually happen in politics. He wanted to understand how politics work, not to affirm how politics should be. Never mix common sense with great thinkers' quotes ;-) LINGUISTIC NOTE: If you mean 'end' as goal or target, in Italian is masculine ('il fine'). If you mean 'end' as stop or conclusion in Italian is feminine ('la fine').
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Average Rating		3.4
# of votes		18
# of Garbage Votes		3
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 18 !
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Sherine R.

Rating: 0

April 2, 2007

Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in Arabic, Middle Eastern we say "الغاية تبرر الوسيلة"

Guest

Rating: 4

March 21, 2007

Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in German we say "Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel."

Antonio
(native speaker)

Rating: 3

August 24, 2006

William

Rating: 2

March 21, 2006

Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in English we say "The ends justify the means."

Guest

Rating: 5

November 2, 2005

Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in Spanish we say "El fin justifica los medios"

Guest

Rating: 4

August 26, 2005

Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in German we say "Der Zweck heiligt die Mittel"

Guest

Rating: 5

August 18, 2005

GRAZIE MILE!!!!
Instead of "Il fine giustifica i mezzi.", in Spanish we say "EL FIN JUSTIFICA LOS MEDIOS"

Guest

Rating: 5

July 31, 2005

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