Fear Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

“This raises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary. My reply is that I would like to…

— Machiavelli(1532

“And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you can not be both”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“... one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear, if one has…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would…

— Anonymous

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved? It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must…

— Niccolo Machiavelli