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• And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality and he who is your friend will ask you to declare yourself by taking up arms. And irresolute princes, in order to avoid present dangers, follow the neutral road most of the time, and most of the time they are ruined.

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  Order, Neutrality, Arms

  Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.108, Penguin

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• Never do your enemy a minor injury.

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  Enemy, Injury, Minors

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• Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

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  Lions, Foxes, Snares

  NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (2008). “The Prince (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very few examples, he will be more merciful than those who, from excess of tenderness, allow disorders to arise, from whence spring murders and rapine; for these as a rule injure the whole community, while the executions carried out by the prince injure only one individual. And of all princes, it is impossible for a new prince to escape the name of cruel, new states being always full of dangers.

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  Art, Spring, War

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, ch. 17, as translated by Luigi Ricci (1903), 1513.

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• And if such malignity is hidden for a time, it proceeds from the unknown reason that would not be known because the experience of the contrary had not been seen, but time, which is said to be the father of every truth, will cause it to be discovered.

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  Art, Father, War

  "Discourses on Livy". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, Book 1, Ch. 3, 1517.

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• War brings out thieves and peace hangs them.

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  War, Thieves

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• Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

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  Simple, Men, Yield

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• The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

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  Art, War, Loss

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• It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated.

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  Hated, Ought

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• From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack.

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  Art, War, Good Friend

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.76, FastPencil Inc

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• A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. Therefore, it is necessary for a prince, who wishes to maintain himself, to learn how not to be good, and to use this knowledge and not use it according to the necessity of the case.

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  Grief, Men, Political

  "The Prince".

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• The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

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  Business, Doe, Literature

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• How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows those princes to have done great things who have had little regard for good faith, and have been able by astuteness to confuse men's brains, and who have ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation.

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  Loyalty, Art, Integrity

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.55, Knickerbocker Classics

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• Every little advantage is of great moment when men have to come to blows.

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  Art, War, Blow

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• Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the name of miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule.

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  Order, Vices, Littles

  "The Portable Machiavelli".

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• For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part of the people.

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  Law, People, Support

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• I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is to constitute it as Sparta and Venice were constituted; to place it in a strong position, and so to fortify it that no one will dream of taking it by a sudden assault; and, on the other hand, not to make it so large as to appear formidable to its neighbors. It should in this way be able to enjoy its form of government for a long time. For war is made on a commonwealth for two reasons: to subjugate it, and for fear of being subjugated by it.

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  Dream, Art, Strong

  "Discourses on Livy" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 1, ch. 3, as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick, 1517.

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• In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.

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  Results, Accomplish, Has Beens

  Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Moore (2010). “Machiavelli, More & Luther”, p.55, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To keep your actions and your plans secret always has been a very good thing . .. Marcus Crassus said to one who asked him when he was going to move the army: 'Do you believe that you will be the only one not to hear the trumpet?

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  Believe, Moving, Army

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• The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as often as he shall have succeeded he will have fulfilled his part, and he need not fear any danger in other reproaches.

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  Art, War, Needs

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

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• We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

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  Philosophical, Umpires, Literature

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.28, Knickerbocker Classics

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• Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult to hold them in that conviction; and, therefore, affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force.

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  Believe, Simple, People

  Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.67, Penguin

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• He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

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  May, Able, Firsts

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.24, FastPencil Inc

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• From this arises the question whether 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.

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  Fear, Wish, Together

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1513.

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• For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.

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  Gun, Evil, Gun Control

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.46, Knickerbocker Classics

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