The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLITardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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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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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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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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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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