Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIWhosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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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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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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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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 necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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