Attraction Quote by W.K. Marriott

“Wasn’t it Machiavelli who said ‘Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great…

— Darius Brasher

“(About Cesare Borgia) What cruelties were not the result of his? Who could count all his crimes? Such was the man that Machiavel prefers…

— Frederick the Great

“IN MY VIEW…IT IS BETTER TO BE IMPETUOUS THAN CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE FORTUNE IS A WOMAN, AND IF YOU WISH TO DOMINATE HER YOU MUST…

— 50 Cent

“But if you’re serious about the path to enlightenment and lucrative stock options, go quietly with us in the noise and haste as we…

— Stanley Bing

“I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful,…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but…

— Nigel Warburton

“We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is…

— Anonymous

“Machiavelli’s descriptions of the strategic and tactical rules of this world are valuable despite an element of caricature: A Prince, therefore, should have no…

— David Christian

“Prudent men are wont to say--and this not rashly or without good ground--that he who would foresee what has to be should reflect on…

— Machiavelli Nicolo Machiavelli

In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight that has made…

— Michael A. Ledeen

“Fortune does us neither good nor hurt; she only presents us the matter and the seed, which our soul, more powerful than she, turns…

— Michel de Montaigne

“In Rome, a woman’s power, however circumspectly exercised, arouses revulsion. Every death in my family circle has been laid at my door.”

— Phyllis T. Smith