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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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To 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.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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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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There 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.
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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.
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Before all else, be armed.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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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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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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