A DEGREE in MACHIAVELLIAN PRACTICE  Having plucked the daggers from your back you realized  that you too needed to learn the art of cunning and deceit.  We were pleased to offer you a course in guile and double dealing,  the craft of the amoral and cynical; how to be shrewd, sly and scheming.  Now you know how to be a perfidious opportunist, able to calculate all  things to your profit. We delight in how crafty and artful you have  become, able to plot, plan and calculate in devious ways.  You passed our course in underhand intrigue  with flying colours.  WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON ACQUIRING YOUR  DEGREE IN MACHIAVELLIAN PRACTICE YOU CUNNING DEVIL.