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- The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
- Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
- Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
- There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.
- The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold.
- For the mob is always impressed by appearances and by results, and the world is composed of the mob.
- One must consider the final result
- Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.
- The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.
- All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.
- 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…
- It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman.
- Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.
- There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.
- Never was anything great achieved without danger.
- Before all else, be armed.
- 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…
- Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
- To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the…
- 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.
- Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
- Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.
- Is it better to be loved or feared?
- Appear as you may wish to be
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