Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIA wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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