His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLINature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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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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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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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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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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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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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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