It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLINever was anything great achieved without danger.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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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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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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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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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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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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