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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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Ability Aquire Condemnation Cost Deserve Mistake More
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Away Belong Everything Glory God Share Take Willing
Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Benefit Drop Hand More Ough Relish
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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Another Find Men Moment Simple Suffer Tricked Yield
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Cleaner Escape Hourglass More Sand Through
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Always Deceive Find One Themselvesm Deceive
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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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
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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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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Ancient Composite Foundation Good Inevitable Law Man State Time
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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Among Cause Contemptible Disarmed Disgraceful Ebit Guard Other Prince Render Thing
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status

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