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Niccolò Machiavelli  Quotes
Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought...

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I certainly believe this: that it is better to be impetuous than cautious, because Fortune is a woman, and if you want to keep her under it is necessary to beat her and force her...

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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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CHAPTER VIConcerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One’s Own Arms And AbilityLET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of...

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He who causes another to become powerful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by force, and both of these elements are suspects to the one whom he...

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When evening comes, I go back home, and go to my study. On the threshold I take off my work clothes, covered in mud and filth, and put on the clothes an ambassador would wear....

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A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.

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It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for...

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In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

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Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts.

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Men must either be caressed or else destroyed.

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Verträge bricht man um des Nutzens willen.

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I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.

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Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command

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at Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts. Imprisoned

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Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves.

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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

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Is it better to be loved or feared?

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Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always...

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It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.

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… one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear, if one has to choose between them it is far safer to be feared...

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When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver...

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Never was anything great achieved without danger.

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..it happens in all human affairs that we never seek to escape one mischief without falling into another. Prudence therefore consists in knowing how to distinguish degrees of disadvantage, and in accepting a less evil...

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Quem cria o poder de outrem se arruína, porque tal poder se origina da astúcia ou da força, e ambas são suspeitas a quem se tornou poderoso.

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There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity, so that by suppressing it he will augment his greatness.

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[…T]he ways of God have been manifested beyond example: the sea is divided, the cloud has led the way, the rock has poured forth water, it has rained manna, everything has contributed to your greatness;...

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Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that...

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Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that when it is needful to be otherwise you may be...

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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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That defense alone is effectual, sure and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valour.

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Considering thus how much honor is awarded to antiquity, and how many times—letting pass infinite other examples—a fragment of an ancient statue has been bought at high price because someone wants to have it near...

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The Prince, XVIII, 5

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But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having shown any change of disposition or character. This, I believe, arises firstly from...

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É necessário a um príncipe saber usar do animal com destreza, dentre todos ele deve escolher a raposa e o leão, pois o leão não pode defender-se de armadilhas, e a raposa é indefesa diante...

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For the friendships which we buy with a price, and do not gain by greatness and nobility of character, though they be fairly earned are not made good, but fail us when we have occasion...

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the...

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A prince ought to have two fears one from within on account of his subjects the other from without on account of external powers. From the latter he is defended by being well armed and...

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Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

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And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since...

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For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised by everybody because the vulgar are always taken...

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O maior remédio utilizado contra os desígnios do inimigo é fazeres voluntariamente aquilo que ele planeja que tu faças à força, porque fazendo-o de forma voluntária, tu o fazes com ordem e para vantagem tua...

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As a general thing anyone who is not your friend will advise neutrality while anyone who is your friend will ask you to join him, weapon in hand.

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Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

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Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savour being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more fully relished.

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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

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I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out. For my part I consider...

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Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

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