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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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Done Fear Injury Man Severe Use Vengence
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Does Either Fear Indulge Injury Ought Vengeance
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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Must Nature People Prince Understand
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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Destry Injure Men Merely Offend Ought Retailable Unable Vengeance
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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Appreciate Intelligence Kind Offer Understand
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Always Deceive Find One Themselvesm Deceive
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness

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