Desirable Quote by Robert M. Hensel

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be loved than feared.

— Anonymous

To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved.

— Lewis Carroll

“... one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear, if one has…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be…

— Niccolo Machiavelli