There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIGod 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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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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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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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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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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