Art Quote by Harvey Mansfield

“Machiavelli’s descriptions of the strategic and tactical rules of this world are valuable despite an element of caricature: A Prince, therefore, should have no…

— David Christian

“Machiavelli observed that ‘wars begin when you will, but do not end when you please’.”

— Max Hastings

“But if you’re serious about the path to enlightenment and lucrative stock options, go quietly with us in the noise and haste as we…

— Stanley Bing

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune and women, and concludes that it is the bold…

— W.K. Marriott

“(About Cesare Borgia) What cruelties were not the result of his? Who could count all his crimes? Such was the man that Machiavel prefers…

— Frederick the Great

“Strength of swords, honor in victory.”

— L. J. Noker

“The truth is that Machiavelli did try to obtain a position from the Medici, but he did not write The Prince in order to…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Literature had torn Tessa and me apart, or prevented us from merging in the first place. That was its role in the world, I'd…

— Walter Kirn

“All men have eyes, Machiavelli says, but few have the gift of penetration.”

— Joseph Bonanno

“Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine' -the Wisdom of our Creed is revealed through these words - 'We work in the Dark, to…

— Oliver Bowden