"Hatred is gained as much by good works…" — Niccolo Machiavelli

"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."

— 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…
Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.
So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises,…
One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.
Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.
Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.
One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions,…
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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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to… — Chester A. Arthur
Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine

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