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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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Deception Immediate Incline Lack Men Obey Simple Victim
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Does Either Fear Indulge Injury Ought Vengeance
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Benefit Drop Hand More Ough Relish
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Breath Constant Execute Executem Furnish Leisure Military Peace Plan Prince War Study
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Advantage Avoid Postpone War
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Broken Give Necessity Past Present Promise Work
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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Another Find Men Moment Simple Suffer Tricked Yield
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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Excellent First Good Kind Second Third Useless

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