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Reason Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten…
- I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation…
- In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend;…
- And if such malignity is hidden for a time, it proceeds from the unknown reason that would not be known because the experience of the…
- 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…
- The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that…
- And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for…
- Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the…
- 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…
- Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
- 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…
- A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
- For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest, and he will…
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
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- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices… — Lance Armstrong
- I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. — Isaac Asimov
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have… — David Attenborough