Hatred Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

10 Hatred quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

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Niccolo Machiavelli’s ten terse observations on hatred cut straight to the strategic core of the emotion. This short set is ideal for anyone wanting a swift, political angle.

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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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“For men do harm either out of fear or out of hatred.”

Niccolò Machiavelli

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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of…

Niccolo Machiavelli

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A prince need trouble little about conspiracies when the people are well disposed, but when they are hostile and hold him in…

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“But in republics there is more vitality, more hatred, and more desire for revenge. The memory of former freedom simply will not…

Niccolò Machiavelli

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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of…

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I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither…

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Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate…

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But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom…

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And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and…

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“Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.”

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He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.

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Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.

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There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.

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For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that…

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That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided…

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“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed,…

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Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

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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…

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One never finds anything perfectly pure and ... exempt from danger.

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