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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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Ancient Composite Foundation Good Inevitable Law Man State Time
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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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
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
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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All Aspire Breast Element Four Frame Mind Nature Regiment Teach
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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Commit Conquer Demolish Error Except Great Ruin Town
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
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 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
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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Appreciate Intelligence Kind Offer Understand
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
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
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way

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