It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOf mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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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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There 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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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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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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