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And if such malignity is hidden for a time, it proceeds from the unknown reason that would not be known because the experience of the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
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… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just go… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very… — Niccolo Machiavelli
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… — Niccolo Machiavelli
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… — Niccolo Machiavelli
And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers. — Niccolo Machiavelli
From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible. These… — Sun Tzu
If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to… — Sun Tzu
From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for… — Sun Tzu
We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6)… — Sun Tzu
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted. — Sun Tzu
The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to… — Carl von Clausewitz
War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others. — Carl von Clausewitz
I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the… — John Dewey
Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It IS education. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from… — Mahatma Gandhi
Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty-since… — J. William Fulbright

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