Read this passage from chapter 22 of the prince
which statement best summarizes the central idea of this
excerpt?
but to enable a prince to form an opinion of his servant
there is one test which never fails, when you see the
servant thinking more of his own interests than of yours,
and seeking inwardly his own profit in everything, such a
man will never make a good servant, nor will you ever be
able to trust him, because he who has the state of another
in his hands ought never to think of himself, but always of
his prince, and never pay any attention to matters in which
the prince is not concerned
a one must know the process of hiring servants.
b it is important to always honor one's servants.
c it is necessary to choose trustworthy servants.
d the intelligence of servants must be considered