Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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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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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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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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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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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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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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