“Moreover, no one feels grateful to anyone for those benefits of freedom that all share in common, at least so long as… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“But in republics there is more vitality, more hatred, and more desire for revenge. The memory of former freedom simply will not… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“there are two distinct viewpoints in every republic: that of the populace and that of the elite. All the laws made in… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Anyone who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it;… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no consideration of justice or injustice, humanity or… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“When everyone feels free to tell you the truth, respect for you dwindles… A wise prince should take another course: choose wise… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“When a newly acquired State has been accustomed, as I have said, to live under its own laws and in freedom, there… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“So to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“When a newly acquired State has been accustomed, as I have said, to live under its own laws and in freedom, there… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed,… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
