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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Change Conduct Constant Desire Must Success Time
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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Must Nature People Prince Understand
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
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
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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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
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Ashamed Contrary Example God Imitate Influence Strive Such Wick
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Cleaner Escape Hourglass More Sand Through
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Deceive Deceiver Double Pressure
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
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
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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Destry Injure Men Merely Offend Ought Retailable Unable Vengeance
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness

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