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"29 Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 3 May 1469. Died: 21 June 1527 | Philosopher | Politician | Writer |

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Sand Escape Life See
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally
Wise Man Fool Finally
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Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself

Conquers Demolish Commits Great error.
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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

Titles Honor Men
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
One Deceives Allow
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Destroyed Treated Revenge Slight injury
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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

Simple Inclined Deceiver Lack
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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.
Willing Everything Share Glory
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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

People Prince Understand Nature
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Wish Obeyed Command
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Benefits Conferred Gradually Taste better.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Secure Feared Loved
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Prince Government Dangerous Elements
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Hatred Gained Good Work
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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

Prince Never lack Legitimate Promise
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

Change Leaves Establishment
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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
Promise Necessity Past Broken
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Men Rise Ambition Attack
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

Tardiness Rob Opportunity Dispatch
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Shrink Offending Inspire Fear
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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Interested Preserving Status quo Overthrow
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

Attribute Fortune Achieved
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Ruler Faith Interest
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

Mankind Fickle Hypocritical Greedy
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Surer Decay Country Religion
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Double Pleasure Deceive
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Injury Severe Vengeance Feared
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Anything Achieved Danger
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.

Presupposed Arrange law Evil
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Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes & Sayings