A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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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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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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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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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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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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