One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBefore all else, be armed.
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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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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.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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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.
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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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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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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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