\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09848 cm} x{1.09848 cm} x{2.38004 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Machiavelli}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Approach & Realist & Neglecting to consider what is done because one is concentrating on what ought to be done is more likely to lead to ruin than to preservation \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Form of \seqsplit{Government} & \seqsplit{Principality} & Other than these advisors, the prince should listen to no one; rather, he should pursue what he resolves on doing \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Type of Ruler & Prince & \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Character} & Any \seqsplit{Necessary} & It is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{Appearances} Matter & It is necessary for him to be prudent enough to know how to avoid scandal because of vices which would result in his losing his state \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 7) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & & It is not necessary for a prince to have all the good qualities... but it is necessary for him to appear to have them \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09848 cm} x{1.09848 cm} x{2.38004 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Machiavelli (cont)}} \tn % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Virtue is Limiting & A man who wishes to act on the basis of morality will soon meet destruction among those with no such scruples \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Education} & Pursuits of War & A prince ought to have no other aim or thought than war and its organization and discipline. Nor should he study anything else; for this is the sole art that pertains to a ruler \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 9) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{Geography} & First, he comes to know his country, and is better able to defend it. Second, by means of the knowledge and observation of his own local area, it will be easy for him to understand any other area \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 10) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & History & The prince should read histories, and study there the actions of illustrious men, to see how they have borne themselves in war \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09848 cm} x{1.09848 cm} x{2.38004 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Machiavelli (cont)}} \tn % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Combat & Experience has shown that only princes and armed republics make great progress \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Motivation} & Power & It is much safer to be feared than to be loved \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Glory & \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} & \seqsplit{Expansion} & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Conquer & \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} Actions & Any \seqsplit{Necessary} & Cruel measures are properly used - if one might speak well of evil - when they are applied a single time, are necessary to one's security, and are not persisted in afterwards unless they can be turned to the advantage of the subjects \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 12) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Results Matter & Nothing makes a prince most esteemed than great undertakings which demonstrate how extraordinary he is \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.00694 cm} x{1.32733 cm} x{2.24273 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Plato}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Approach} & Idealist & \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Utopian & \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Form of \seqsplit{Government} & \seqsplit{Aristocracy} & Rulers must be the best among the guardians \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Type of Ruler & \seqsplit{Philosopher} Kings & Cities will have no respite from evil... unless philosophers rule as kings in the cities... that is, political power and philosophy coalesce \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Compelled to Rule & If they are to be willing to rule, some compulsion or punishment must be brought to bear on them \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Character} & Physically Fit & Swift... and also strong if it is necessary to catch up with the enemy and fight \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{High-Spirited} & A high spirit is invincible and unbeatable \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} & Gentle & Gentle to their own people, but hard for the enemy to deal with \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.00694 cm} x{1.32733 cm} x{2.24273 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Plato (cont)}} \tn % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Lover of Wisdom & Like a pedigree dog; he judges anything he sees as being friendly or hostile by no other criterion than that he knows the former and does not know the latter \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Education} & Physical Training & Physical training for the body \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \seqsplit{Non-Physical} Training & Training in the arts for the soul \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Motivation} & Subjects' Best Interests & Every kind of rule, as far as it truly rules, does not seek what is best for anything else than the subject of its rule and care \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Justice & Injustice, wherever it occurs, be it in a city, a family, an army, or anything else results in making it incapable of achieving anything as a unit because of the dissensions and differences it creates, and further, it makes that unit hostile to itself, to its every enemy, and to the just \tn % Row Count 36 (+ 16) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.00694 cm} x{1.32733 cm} x{2.24273 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Plato (cont)}} \tn % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Happiness & We are not aiming to make any one group outstandingly happy, but to make the whole city so, as far as possible \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{white} Actions & Justice & It is never just to harm anyone because men who are harmed become worse \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Expansion & We must then again enlarge our city... The land which was adequate to feed the earlier population will become small and inadequate instead... We must therefore annex a portion of our neighbours' land \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 11) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} & War & The task of the guardian is most important, so he should have the most freedom from all other pursuits, for he requires technical knowledge and the greatest diligence \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 9) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.38896 cm} x{2.58804 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Criticism}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Principality & Tyranny \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Education on War & Insufficiently Educated \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} War is the Ruler's Art & Justice is the Ruler's Art \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & War is the Craft of Soldiers \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Virtue is Useless & Virtue is Essential \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Power is Valuable & Power Should Not Be Sought \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Injustice is Sometimes Necessary & Justice is Always Most Profitable \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} War is Necessary for Growth & War is a Result of Greed \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Growth is Power & Unity is Power \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} Appearances are Most Important & Rulers Cannot Simply Appear to Rule \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}