Buddhism Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

“There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity, so that by suppressing it…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Thus a wise prince will think of ways to keep his citizens of every sort and under every circumstance dependent on the state and…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“I know that we think far otherwise, and hold them most part wise men that are in authority, princes, magistrates,{185} rich men, they are…

— Robert Burton

“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

“But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough, and in…

— Walter M. Miller Jr

It is a maxim in philosophy that ambitious men can be never good counselors to princes; the desire of having more is common to…

— Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour, will have…

— Edward Gibbon

“Returning to the question of being feared or loved, I conclude that since men love at their own will and fear at the will…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends…

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

A wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government,…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Therefore, a wise prince must think of a method by which his citizens will need the state and himself at all times and in…

— Niccolò Machiavelli