Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack,...

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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them...

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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that...

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and...

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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope...

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