Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIMen 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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of 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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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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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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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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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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