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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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All Determine Inflict Injury Must Need New Once Ruler
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
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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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Always Change Establishment Leave One Open Other
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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Must Nature People Prince Understand
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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First Man Principle Republic Return Simple Sometimes
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
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Ancient Composite Foundation Good Inevitable Law Man State Time
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Archive Attribute Either Fortune Virtue
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Always Deceive Find One Themselvesm Deceive
But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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Ability Aquire Condemnation Cost Deserve Mistake More
It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Honest Honor Men Title
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much

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