There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBenefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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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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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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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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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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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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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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