A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either… — 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
“He who causes another to become powerful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Whoever is the cause of another becoming powerful, is ruined himself; for that power is produced by him either through craft or… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Whence we may draw the general axiom, which never or rarely errs, that he who is the cause of another’s greatness is… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“The wish to acquire is no doubt a natural and common sentiment, and when men attempt things within their power, they will… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“From this one can derive a general rule which rarely, if ever, fails: that anyone who is the cause of another becoming… — 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
“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
“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
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
