One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLINever was anything great achieved without danger.
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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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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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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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It 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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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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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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Politics have no relation to morals.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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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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