To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“One can assess a prince’s intelligence by looking at the men with whom he surrounds himself.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one… — 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
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Just as artists who draw landscapes get down in the valley to study the mountains and go up to the mountains to… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Therefore, a wise prince must think of a method by which his citizens will need the state and himself at all times… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I say, then, that hereditary States, accustomed to the family of their Prince, are maintained with far less difficulty than new States,… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Being feared and not hated go well together, and the prince can always do this if he does not touch the property… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“For since a Prince by birth has fewer occasions and less need to give offence, he ought to be better loved, and… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“For he who quells disorder by a very few signal examples will in the end be more merciful than he who from… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“The first opinion which one forms of a prince, and of his understanding, is by observing the men he has around him;… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“A Prince, therefore, should have no care or thought but for war, and for the regulations and training it requires, and should… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Without doubt, princes become great when they overcome difficulties and hurdles put in their path. When fortune wants to advance a new… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“you must know that there are two modes of fighting: one in accordance with the laws, the other with force. The first… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“A Prince is likewise esteemed who is a stanch friend and a thorough foe, that is to say, who without reserve openly… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I say, then, that hereditary States, accustomed to the family of their Prince, are maintained with far less difficulty than new States,… — 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
So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“He [the prince] holds to what is right when he can but knows how to do wrong when he must.” — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
…those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
You have to be a prince to understand the people, and you have to belong to the people to understand the princes. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel. Nevertheless he ought to take care not… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince need trouble little about conspiracies when the people are well disposed, but when they are hostile and hold him in… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity, so that by… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler.… — Niccolo 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
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