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Able Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to…
- I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is…
- The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that…
- How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience…
- Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
- Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to…
- Minds are of three kinds: one is capable of thinking for itself; another is able to understand the thinking of others; and a third can…
- Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.
- Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have…
- Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed that…
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