The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For the mob is always impressed by appearances and by results, and the world is composed of the mob. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“At nightfall I return home and enter my study. There on the threshold I remove my dirty, mud-spattered clothes, slip on my… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men… — 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
