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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way
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
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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Ancient Composite Foundation Good Inevitable Law Man State Time
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
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
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Arm Except Hope Necessary Premise War
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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Away Belong Everything Glory God Share Take Willing
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Command Know Must Obey Wish
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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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain

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