Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIMen are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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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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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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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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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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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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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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When 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.
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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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