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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe 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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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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 fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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