Advantage Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred;…

— 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 reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“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

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

it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Men are ‘ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, and greedy for gain. While you work for their benefit, they are completely yours,…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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

“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

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