One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIPolitics have no relation to morals.
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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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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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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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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Before all else, be armed.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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