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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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Deception Immediate Incline Lack Men Obey Simple Victim
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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Adult Childhood Crazy Distinction Ego Fell Individual Love One Probably Purpose Some Useful
This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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Excellent First Good Kind Second Third Useless
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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Against Do Faith Interest Keep Out Ruler Wise
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Ambition Another Attack Men Other Secure Seek Themselves
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Evil Gain Good Hatred Much
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
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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Acquire Admitted Common Condemned More Nature Praise Succeed Wish
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Dispatch Force Ofen Opportunity Rob Tardiness
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Fear Love More Much Secure
Politics have no relation to morals.
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Moral Politics Relation
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
Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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Benefit Better Conferred Gradually Taste Way
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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Always Deceive Find One Themselvesm Deceive

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