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Against Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made…
- That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided it…
- And above all you ought to guard against leading an army to fight which is afraid or which is not confident of victory. For the…
- The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.
- One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat…
- Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
- A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
- For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
- There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.
- Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by…
- There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth;…
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