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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
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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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler
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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All Aspire Breast Element Four Frame Mind Nature Regiment Teach
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.
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Ashamed Contrary Example God Imitate Influence Strive Such Wick
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
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
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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Another Find Men Moment Simple Suffer Tricked Yield
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time
Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Benefit Drop Hand More Ough Relish
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Ambition Another Attack Men Other Secure Seek Themselves
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Act Arrange Free Law Lay Men Necessity Presupoose Scope State Wickedness
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

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