Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIWe cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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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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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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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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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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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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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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