The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIHatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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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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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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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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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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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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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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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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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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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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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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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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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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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Before all else, be armed.
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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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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
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