Art Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“Foresight is the cause of Europe's present wars. If one would take pains to forsee nothing, the whole world would be tranquil, and I…

— Abbé Galiani

Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

You must never believe that the enemy does not know how to conduct his own affairs. Indeed, if you want to be deceived less…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain, in order…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor...

— Niccolo Machiavelli

So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don't just…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity,…

— 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