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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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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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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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