Answer:
B. They suggest weakness, since Machiavelli argues the bonds of love are easily broken.
Explanation:
Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a political treatise that he wrote about how a prince or any head of state may retain power over hie state. he suggests ways in which power may be maintained and successfully kept without any loss of power. This "handbook" of manuals for which rulers can take take examples to keep their people in check and thus ensure his authority over the people, became one of the most influential yet dangerous piece of 'advice' among the many political powers in the world.
The given passage from Chapter 17 talks of how personal bonds such as love can be a weakness in any pans of achieving authority over people. He states that "men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared", thus being feared upon is the better option if one is to keep his power over the others. He further states that bonds made through loyalty is different from one that is "obtained by payments". Love, being of the emotional bond, acts as the weak link to ruin a person  for they are easily broken irrespective of any type of promise made. So, according to him, love / beloved suggest weakness in a person for they are bonds that can and are easily broken.
Answer:
They suggest weakness, since Machiavelli argues the bonds of love are easily broken.......Explanation:
