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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Broken Give Necessity Past Present Promise Work
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Ambition Another Attack Men Other Secure Seek Themselves
This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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Excellent First Good Kind Second Third Useless
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Archive Attribute Either Fortune Virtue
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Act Arrange Free Law Lay Men Necessity Presupoose Scope State Wickedness
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Bear Despair Drive Father Inheritance Loss Qquanmity Son
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned.
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Acquire Admitted Common Condemned More Nature Praise Succeed Wish
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler

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