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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Cleaner Escape Hourglass More Sand Through
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Breath Constant Execute Executem Furnish Leisure Military Peace Plan Prince War Study
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Broken Give Necessity Past Present Promise Work
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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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
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
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

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