Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIGod is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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