Tag: Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo Machiavelli