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Niccolo Machiavelli

Birthday: May 03, 1469
Deathday: June 21, 1527
Category: Italian Writer
Type: Writer
National: Italian

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise....

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes...

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his...

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by...

Before all else, be armed....

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they...

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little...

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders...

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take...

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by...

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to...

Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been...

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want...

If an injury has to be done to a man...

It is better to be feared than loved, if you...

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver....

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

It is necessary for him who lays out a state...

It is not titles that honor men, but men that...

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey...

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the...

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for...

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek...

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they...

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than...

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our...

Never was anything great achieved without danger....

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed...

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle,...

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment...

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves...

Politics have no relation to morals....

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements...

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that...

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is...

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our...

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for...

The fact is that a man who wants to act...

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler...

The main foundations of every state, new states as well...

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our...

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he...

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers,...

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the...

The wise man does at once what the fool does...

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural...

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things...

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed...

There is no surer sign of decay in a country...

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more...

To understand the nature of the people one must be...

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible...

War should be the only study of a prince. He...

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is...

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them...

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great....

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it...

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the...