Politics have no relation to morals.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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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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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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