Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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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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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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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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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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Politics have no relation to morals.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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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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