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title: "29 May Quotes By Niccolo Machiavelli"
description: "29 May quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli. Plus more from Niccolo Machiavelli and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [Appear as you may wish to be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/appear-as-you-may-wish-to-be/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/men-may-second-fortune-but-they-cannot-thwart-her/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/benefits-should-be-granted-little-by-little-so-that-they-may-be/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/of-mankind-we-may-say-in-general-they-are-fickle-hypocritical-and/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-has-not-first-laid-his-foundations-may-be-able-with-great/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/severities-should-be-dealt-out-all-at-once-so-that-their-suddenness/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/whoever-desires-to-found-a-state-and-give-it-laws-must-start-with/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/therefore-the-best-fortress-is-to-be-found-in-the-love-of-the-people/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/thus-it-is-well-to-seem-merciful-faithful-humane-sincere-religious/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [In order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/in-order-not-to-annul-our-free-will-i-judge-it-true-that-fortune-may/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Anyone who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/anyone-who-becomes-master-of-a-city-accustomed-to-freedom-and-does/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-wise-prince-then-should-never-be-idle-in-times-of-peace-but-should/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/still-a-prince-should-make-himself-feared-in-such-a-way-that-if-he/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/if-you-only-notice-human-proceedings-you-may-observe-that-all-who-2/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/it-may-be-observed-that-provinces-amid-the-vicissitudes-to-which-they-2/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-as-laws-are-necessary-that-good-manners-may-be-preserved-so-there/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Delusion gives you more happiness than truth gives to me. For injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/delusion-gives-you-more-happiness-than-truth-gives-to-me-for-injuries/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-desires-or-attempts-to-reform-the-government-of-a-state-and/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/it-ought-to-be-remembered-that-there-is-nothing-more-difficult-to/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/i-assert-once-again-as-a-truth-to-which-history-as-a-whole-bears/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-reply-is-that-one-ought-to-be-both-feared-and-loved-but-as-it-is/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/therefore-it-is-unnecessary-for-a-prince-to-have-all-the-good/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [“he wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-wise-man-should-always-follow-the-roads-that-have-been-trodden-by/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-son-can-bear-with-equanimity-the-loss-of-his-father-but-the-loss-of/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-as-laws-are-necessary-that-good-manners-be-preserved-so-there-is/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-wise-man-will-see-to-it-that-his-acts-always-seem-voluntary-and-not/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/whoever-conquers-a-free-town-and-does-not-demolish-it-commits-a-great/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [For whoever conquers a free Town, and does not demolish it, commits a great Error, and may expect to be ruin 'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-whoever-conquers-a-free-town-and-does-not-demolish-it-commits-a/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [The innovator has for enemies all who have done well under the old, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-innovator-has-for-enemies-all-who-have-done-well-under-the-old/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by Niccolo Machiavelli

> [Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/men-generally-decide-upon-a-middle-course-which-is-most-hazardous-for/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/because-there-are-three-classes-of-intellects-one-which-comprehends/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/it-is-the-duty-of-a-man-of-honor-to-teach-others-the-good-which-he/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [“Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/anyone-who-believes-that-new-benefits-make-men-of-high-station-forget/)

[Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-has-once-begun-to-live-by-rapine-always-finds-reasons-for/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/everyone-who-wants-to-know-what-will-happen-ought-to-examine-what-has/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/speaking-generally-men-are-ungrateful-fickle-hypocritical-fearful/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/there-is-nothing-as-likely-to-succeed-as-what-the-enemy-believes-you/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-the-great-majority-of-mankind-are-satisfied-with-appearance-as/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/that-prince-is-highly-esteemed-who-conveys-this-impression-of-himself/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/anyone-who-studies-present-and-ancient-affairs-will-easily-see-how-in/)

[Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/i-believe-that-it-is-possible-for-one-to-praise-without-concern-any/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/men-are-always-averse-to-enterprises-in-which-they-foresee/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [“He who causes another to become powerful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by force, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-causes-another-to-become-powerful-ruins-himself-for-he-brings/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

> [One never finds anything perfectly pure and ... exempt from danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/one-never-finds-anything-perfectly-pure-and-exempt-from-danger/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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