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Ought 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…
- Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed…
- 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…
- Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made…
- A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.
- And above all you ought to guard against leading an army to fight which is afraid or which is not confident of victory. For the…
- He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.
- Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they…
- A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
- Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop,…
- How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is…
- Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the…
- It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success,…
- Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in…
- Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed…
More Ought Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — Francis Bacon