“A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it.” — 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
