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Much Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they…
- 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…
- The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is…
- There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society.
- Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.
- Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity.
- It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.
- You must never believe that the enemy does not know how to conduct his own affairs. Indeed, if you want to be deceived less and…
- And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and so, as I…
- A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by…
- Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
- Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
- 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,…
- My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them…
- Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by…
- Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready…
- It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
- I shall always esteem it not much to live in a city where the laws do less than men, because that fatherland is desirable where…
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