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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.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
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
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
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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Destry Injure Men Merely Offend Ought Retailable Unable Vengeance
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Bear Despair Drive Father Inheritance Loss Qquanmity Son
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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Adult Childhood Crazy Distinction Ego Fell Individual Love One Probably Purpose Some Useful
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
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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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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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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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler
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

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