"One can say this in general of men:……" — Niccolo Machiavelli
"One can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profit...Love is a bond of obligation that these miserable creatures break whenever it suits them to do so; but fear holds them fast by a dread of punishment that never passes."
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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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