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Fear Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- 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…
- Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner…
- Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred; for…
- The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as…
- When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.
- Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.
- Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never…
- Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain…
- No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way…
- Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.
- It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
- Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
- it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men,…
- When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on…
- Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the…
- From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered…
- Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.
- It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success,…
- People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is…
- One can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profit...Love is a bond…
- For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so…
- As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where the…
More Fear Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad