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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
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
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Cleaner Escape Hourglass More Sand Through
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
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
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
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
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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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Command Know Must Obey Wish
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

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