"One can make this generalization about men: they……" — Niccolo Machiavelli
"One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat them well, they are yours. They would shed their blood for you, risk their property, their lives, their children, so long, as I said above, as danger is remote; but when you are in danger they turn against you."
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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303 Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
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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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