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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.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Act Arrange Free Law Lay Men Necessity Presupoose Scope State Wickedness
So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Does Either Fear Indulge Injury Ought Vengeance
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.
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Adult Childhood Crazy Distinction Ego Fell Individual Love One Probably Purpose Some Useful
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
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
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
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
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
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 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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Acquire Admitted Common Condemned More Nature Praise Succeed Wish
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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First Man Principle Republic Return Simple Sometimes
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe

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