Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one...

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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

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Before all else, be armed.

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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be...

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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of...

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues...

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily...

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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than...

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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less...

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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

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