Machiavelli turns his attention to the rules effects his ruin than his preservation; for a man who wishes to act entirely up to his professions of virtue soon meets with what destroys him among so much that is evil. When this is done correctly, he is "reproached" by his people but not "hated.
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The quote means that to be a part of your community, you have to be like everyone else. If you are not like everyone else than the other people in the community will just ignore you or treat you as an outsider.
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