There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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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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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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 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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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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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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