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Necessary Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges to…
- 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,…
- 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…
- For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.
- War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
- It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they…
- Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
- 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…
- I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be…
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- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James M. Barrie
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire