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Niccolo Machiavelli
Age: 58 †
Born: 1469
Born: May 3
Died: 1527
Died: June 22
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You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of men, the second of beasts but as the first method is often insufficient, one must have recourse to the second.
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The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
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Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
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If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard.
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it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.
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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.
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So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how to follow evil.
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For whoever conquers a free Town, and does not demolish it, commits a great Error, and may expect to be ruin 'd himself.
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Violence must be inflicted once for all people will then forget what it tastes like and so be less resentful. Benefits must be conferred gradually and in that way they will taste better.
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I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.
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In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.
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Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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The ends justifies the means.
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One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo I want to overthrow it.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.
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