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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBenefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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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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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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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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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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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