Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes About Love

Quotes about: Love

• It is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved? It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Witty, Powerful

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.64, Booklassic

• Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Philosophical, Men

• Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Hate, People

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.69, Race Point Publishing

• Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Two, Together

  Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.93, Penguin

• 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.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Love, Children, Crazy

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