One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLII’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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