Art Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and its order…

— Nancy Goldstone

A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and its ordering…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“A Prince, therefore, should have no care or thought but for war, and for the regulations and training it requires, and should apply himself…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline;…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

For a prince should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers. From the latter he can always…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on…

— Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

“And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things for which men are esteemed, being…

— Machiavelli Nicolo Machiavelli

“Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to…

— Thomas More

Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while…

— Desiderius Erasmus