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Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Age: 58 †
Born: 1469
Born: May 3
Died: 1527
Died: June 22
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Anyone who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it for such a city may always justify rebellion in the name of liberty and its ancient institutions.
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It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman.
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The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.
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It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.
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For the mob is always impressed by appearances and by results, and the world is composed of the mob.
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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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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
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