It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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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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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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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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