"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." ― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles."
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"Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant"
― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things"
― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"He who builds on the people, builds on the mud."
― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.."
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"The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves."
― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves."
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"A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it."
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"He who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived."
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"Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony."
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"God creates men, but they choose each other."
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"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it." ― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"For one change always leaves a dovetail into which another will fit."
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"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." ― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity."
― Niccolo Machiavelli |
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both
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"Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force."
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