God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLISeverities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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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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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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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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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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 should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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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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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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