Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe 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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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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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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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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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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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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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 first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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