Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThere are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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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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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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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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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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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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