Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIIt is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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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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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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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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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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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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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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