"Fear is secured by a dread of punishment." — Niccolo Machiavelli
"Fear is secured by a dread of punishment."
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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303 Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
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One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred…
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Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.
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The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
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The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.
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So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises,…
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One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.
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Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.
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Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
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To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.
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One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions,…
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You do not know the unfathomable cowardice of humanity...servile in the face of force, pitiless in the face of weakness,…
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Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
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Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and…
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.
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Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment,…
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I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.
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Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him.
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Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and…
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Face each day with the expectation of achieving good, rather than the dread of falling short.
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