Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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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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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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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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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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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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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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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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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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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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