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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way
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
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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Done Fear Injury Man Severe Use Vengence
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Contempt Country Decay Religion See Sign Sure
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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Must Nature People Prince Understand
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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Appreciate Intelligence Kind Offer Understand
Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Benefit Drop Hand More Ough Relish
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Among Cause Contemptible Disarmed Disgraceful Ebit Guard Other Prince Render Thing
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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Deception Immediate Incline Lack Men Obey Simple Victim
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
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
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious

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