Read the excerpt below and answer the question. … something which looks like a virtue, if followed, would be his [a leader’s] ruin; whilst something else, which looks like a vice, yet followed brings him peace and prosperity. machiavelli’s advice can best be paraphrased as follow virtue, even if it leads to ruin. beware: vice can often look like virtue. take the action, whether virtuous or evil, that leads to peace and prosperity. make decisions quickly, without taking too much time to think about them.

Ineed . identify the item that shows sharp and vivid details rather than vague and general ones (put a or b for your answer.) a. my brother doesn’t know the value of money. he buys new things, even though his old ones are still perfectly good. he recently took his girlfriend on a trip. they stayed at a nice hotel and ate all their meals out. while they were there, he proposed marriage to her and gave her an engagement ring. b. my brother bought a new car this year, even though his last car was only three years old and running well. he recently took his girlfriend to hawaii for a week. they stayed at a hilton hotel right on the beach and ate dinner by candlelight in elegant gourmet restaurants. on their last night there, he surprised her with a two-carat diamond ring.