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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
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
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
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
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Break Lack Legitimate Neck Prince Promise
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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Among Fact Man Necessarily Some Virtuous
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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Must Nature People Prince Understand
Before all else, be armed.
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All Arm Before Isle
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Commerce Confidence Cowardice Distrust Either Hatred Offend People Show
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One

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