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Often Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for…
- You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of…
- 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…
- Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods.
- 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…
- Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their…
- It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it means disturbance…
- Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
- For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem…
- For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem…
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