Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe 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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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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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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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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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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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