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.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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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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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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