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Subjects Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams…
- It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur to a state…
- A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very…
- Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred; for…
- It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of…
- It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;…
- A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.
- Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in three different ways.…
- Well used are those cruelties (if it is permitted to speak well of evil) that are carried out in a single stroke, done out of…
- Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to…
- For a prince should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers. From the latter he can always defend…
- A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and…
- When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion…
- When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will…
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- Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
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