Art Quote by 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

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

— 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

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

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Being feared and not hated go well together, and the prince can always do this if he does not touch the property or the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

A prince need trouble little about conspiracies when the people are well disposed, but when they are hostile and hold him in hatred, then…

— 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

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him,…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a…

— Niccolo 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

“I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.

— Niccolo Machiavelli