Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIMen are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHis 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 MACHIAVELLIWhen you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIPrinces and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIA wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIWe cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLINever was anything great achieved without danger.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThere are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIA son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIPolitics have no relation to morals.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLITo 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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLITardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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