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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.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
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
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Around Estimate First Him Intelligence Look Men Method Ruler
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
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
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 shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
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
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
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
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
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
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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Among Cause Contemptible Disarmed Disgraceful Ebit Guard Other Prince Render Thing
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

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