We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIBefore all else, be armed.
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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Before all else, be armed.
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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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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