I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBenefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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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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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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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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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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