The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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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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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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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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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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