Is it better to be loved or feared?

From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would…

— Anonymous

It is better to be loved than feared.

— Anonymous

The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved? It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

One is more desirable when loved, not feared.

— Robert M. Hensel

Better to have loved and lost than to live with regret.

— Big Pun

Its better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

— Kemis Khan

“Whoever said it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved was full of crap.”

— Rachel Vincent

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

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“From this arises an argument: whether it is better to be loved than feared. I reply that one should like to be both one…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Sin and love and fear are just sounds that people who never sinned nor loved nor feared have for what they never had and…

— William Faulkner

“This raises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary. My reply is that I would like to…

— Machiavelli(1532