Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIWhosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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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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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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