The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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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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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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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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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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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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Before all else, be armed.
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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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