No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIPrinces and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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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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This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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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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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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 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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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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