The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLII’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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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The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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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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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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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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