Niccolò Machiavelli quotes - page 6

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. (Niccolò Machiavelli)
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. View quote
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. View quote
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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. View quote
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That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy. View quote
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In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. View quote
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Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself. View quote
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Bad company will lead a man to the gallows! View quote
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All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished. View quote
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Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc.... doesnt anyone check these? View quote
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One change leaves the way open for the introduction of others. (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms and as there cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed, it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws. View quote
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When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. View quote
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The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go away, they are only postponed to someone else's advantage. View quote
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War cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage. View quote
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God creates men, but they choose each other. View quote
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It is undoubtedly necessary for the ambassador occasionally to mask his game; but it should be done so as not to awaken suspicion and he ought also to be prepared with an answer in case of discovery. View quote
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They trusted rather their own character and prudence - knowing perfectly well that time contains the seeds of all things, good as well as bad. View quote
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This coolness arises partly from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them. View quote
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For war is made on a commonwealth for two reasons: to subjugate it, and for fear of being subjugated by it. View quote
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And though, as Tully remarks, the populace may be ignorant, it is capable of grasping the truth and readily yields when a man, worthy of confidence, lays the truth before it. (Niccolò Machiavelli)
I do feel this: that it is better to be rash than timid, for Fortune is a woman, and the man who wants to hold her down must beat and bully her. View quote
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No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else. View quote
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Discipline in war counts more than fury. View quote
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The reason is easy to understand, for it is the common good and not private gain that makes cities great. View quote
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