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God creates men, but they choose each other.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Niccolo Machiavelli
Age: 58 †
Born: 1469
Born: May 3
Died: 1527
Died: June 22
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There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.
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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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War brings out thieves and peace hangs them.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.
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The world has always been the same and there is always as much good fortune as bad in it.
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By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises.
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There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.
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One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.
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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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Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.
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For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying
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...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.
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He who builds on the people, builds on the mud
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the wise man should always follow the roads that have been trodden by the great, and imitate those who have most excelled, so that if he cannot reach their perfection, he may at least acquire something of its savour.
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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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Forgiveness proceeds from a generous soul.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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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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The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.
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