A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For a prince should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers. From the latter he… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“One of the best and most efficacious methods for dealing with such a State, is for the Prince who acquires it to… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible,… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“It is necessary’, he writes, for a prince to learn ‘how not to be good’ (Ch. XV). Machiavelli’s wording on this matter… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“In The Prince Machiavelli mounts two distinct lines of intellectual and political attack, one against the baseness of Medicean statecraft, the other… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“If a prince wants to keep up a reputation for being generous, Machiavelli remarks: it is necessary for him not to neglect… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest,… — 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
“A prince is also esteemed when he shows himself a true friend or a true enemy, that is, when, without reservation, he… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for,… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Thus a wise prince will think of ways to keep his citizens of every sort and under every circumstance dependent on the… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Returning to the question of being feared or loved, I conclude that since men love at their own will and fear at… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“This again results naturally and necessarily from the circumstance that the Prince cannot avoid giving offence to his new subjects, either in… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“But in new Princedoms difficulties abound. And, first, if the Princedom be not wholly new, but joined on to the ancient dominions… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows.… — 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 truth is that Machiavelli did try to obtain a position from the Medici, but he did not write The Prince in… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible,… — 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
