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Wish Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot…
- 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…
- The wish to acquire is in truth very natural and common, and men always do so when they can.but when they cannot do so, yet…
- A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore,…
- He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one that the…
- When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the…
- He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
- The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than…
- And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be…
- Appear as you may wish to be
- From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered…
- Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that…
More Wish Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of… — Saint Augustine
- Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first… — Saint Augustine
- What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him… — Saint Augustine
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius