One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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