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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.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Breath Constant Execute Executem Furnish Leisure Military Peace Plan Prince War Study
Before all else, be armed.
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All Arm Before Isle
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Always Deceive Find One Themselvesm Deceive
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
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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Must Nature People Prince Understand
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Contempt Country Decay Religion See Sign Sure
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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Deception Immediate Incline Lack Men Obey Simple Victim
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
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
This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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Excellent First Good Kind Second Third Useless
Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Command Know Must Obey Wish
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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Acquire Admitted Common Condemned More Nature Praise Succeed Wish

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