QUOTES by Niccolo Machiavelli
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You ought never to suffer your designs to be crossed in order to avoid war, since war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage.
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A man who wishes to profess at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good.
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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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For whoever believes that great advancement and new benefits make men forget old injuries is mistaken.
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Men intrinsically do not trust new things that they have not experienced themselves.
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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 has made powerful.
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Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed.
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For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.
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Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.
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But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you.
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And yet we cannot define as skillful killing one's fellow citizens, betraying one's friends, and showing no loyalty, mercy, or moral obligation. These means can lead to power, but not glory.
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All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.
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For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that while it is easy to persuade them of a thing, it is hard to fix them in that persuasion
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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
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One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who simply act like lions are stupid.
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For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
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The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.
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Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.
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Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony
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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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One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved.
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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.
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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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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.
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Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?
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Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.
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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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He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed
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There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.
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Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
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