A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBut when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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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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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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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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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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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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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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