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Hands Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours.
- 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…
- If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to…
- Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if…
- Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.
- There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in…
- Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear…
- 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,…
More Hands Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization… — Julian Assange
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf