Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes About Judgment

Quotes about: Judgment

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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.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Wisdom, Eye, Reality

• Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Men, Sight, Judging

• It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock; and he should endeavour to show in his actions greatness, courage, gravity, and fortitude; and in his private dealings with his subjects let him show that his judgments are irrevocable, and maintain himself in such reputation that no one can hope either to deceive him or to get round him.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Mean

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.80, Xist Publishing

• Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Men, Justice, Observation

  "World Politics: Trend and Transformation, 2013 - 2014 Update Edition". Book by Charles Kegley, p. 494, January 3, 2013.

• 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.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Wise, Men, Opinion

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.56, FastPencil Inc

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