Wisdom Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

“Thus a wise prince will think of ways to keep his citizens of every sort and under every circumstance dependent on the state and…

— Niccolò 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

“the wise prince is not always the most popular prince;”

— Hilary Mantel

“The first opinion which one forms of a prince, and of his understanding, is by observing the men he has around him; and when…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need…

— Niccolò 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

“Therefore, a wise prince must think of a method by which his citizens will need the state and himself at all times and in…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Without doubt, princes become great when they overcome difficulties and hurdles put in their path. When fortune wants to advance a new prince... She…

— Niccolò 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, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“But so long as power remains by itself on one side, and enlightenment and wisdom isolated on the other, wise men will rarely think…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

“For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete with the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli