"The unarmed man is not just defenseless -……" — Niccolo Machiavelli
"The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible."
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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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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a…
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully,…
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The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him…
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard…
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Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious…
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Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.
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An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live,…
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The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are…
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It is idle to expect any great advancement in science from the superinducing and engrafting of new things upon old.…
— Francis Bacon
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Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men. It refers the course of celestial bodies to the…
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