He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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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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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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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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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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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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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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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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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