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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness
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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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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Politics have no relation to morals.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title

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