Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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Before all else, be armed.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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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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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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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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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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