The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIIt is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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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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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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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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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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