Before all else, be armed.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIIt is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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