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- Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is…
- Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
- If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and…
- 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…
- 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…
- Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.
- 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…
- A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore,…
- Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.
- I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the…
- 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…
- All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition…
- Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.
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