“A general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that pre-dominancy has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“...if one is on the spot, disorders are seen as they spring up, and one can quickly remedy them; but if one is not… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be--and are ruined.” — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can, and for this they will… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“Those who by valorous ways become princes...acquire a principality with difficulty, but they keep it with ease.” — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“A general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
“It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune and women, and concludes that it is the bold… — W.K. Marriott Copy Share Image
