I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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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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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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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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