A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThe more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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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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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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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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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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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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