A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.


Niccolò Machiavelli

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There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they ...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates wh...
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Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be...
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Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every o...
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He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but...
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A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study bu...
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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and...
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War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage.
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A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however mu...
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which ...
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A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so ...
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries ...
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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him...
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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which g...
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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...
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No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are b...
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For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need go...
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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...
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I shall always esteem it not much to live in a city where the laws do less than men, because that fa...
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Ability and perseverance are the weapons of weakness.
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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfie...
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Make no small plans for they have not the power to stir men’s blood.
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There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to ha...
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them onc...
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And if, to be sure, sometimes you need to conceal a fact with words, do it in such a way that it doe...
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Never was anything great achieved without danger
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Wise men say, and not without reason, that whoever wished to foresee the future might consult the pa...
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A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been out...
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better
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Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if th...
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A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gi...
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A prince must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the ...
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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The ends justifies the means
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In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine au...
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in real...
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those d...
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise
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Where the willingness is great the difficulties cannot be great
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victi...
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A son could bear complacently the death of his father while the loss of his inheritance might drive ...
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which ...
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As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregar...
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May princes know then that they begin to lose (their) state at that hour in which they begin to brea...
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When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of fa...
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The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things easy o...
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Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your ow...
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And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather...
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For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law ...
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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 t...
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either throu...
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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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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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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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