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Such Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as…
- The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they…
- 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…
- If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order to…
- 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…
- 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 contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;…
- Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult to hold them…
- Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if…
- Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are…
- A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence…
- 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…
- 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…
- People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is…
- For it must be noted, that men must either be caressed or else annihilated; they will revenge themselves for small injuries, but cannot do so…
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- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough