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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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Benefit Drop Hand More Ough Relish
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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Bear Despair Drive Father Inheritance Loss Qquanmity Son
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Breath Constant Execute Executem Furnish Leisure Military Peace Plan Prince War Study
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe
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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Done Fear Injury Man Severe Use Vengence
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Broken Give Necessity Past Present Promise Work
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Contempt Country Decay Religion See Sign Sure
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Fickle Gain General Greedy Hypocritical Man Mankind
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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All Aspire Breast Element Four Frame Mind Nature Regiment Teach
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure

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