Before all else, be armed.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOf mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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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 rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack 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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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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