There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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Before all else, be armed.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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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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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned.
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