Art Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their…

— Ben Jonson

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

The more princes abstain from touching the wealth of their people, the greater will be their resources in the wants of the state.

— Pulcheria

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them with impunity

— François De La Rochefoucauld

“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

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.

— Edmond de Goncourt

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

— Edward Gibbon

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

In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.

— Niccolo Machiavelli