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• A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.

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  Wise, Adversity, Blow

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• Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.

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  Men, Brave, Training

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.416, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't doubt that every prince would like to be both; but since it is hard to accomodate these qualities, if you have to make a choice, to be feared is much safer than to be loved. For it is a good general rule about men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, fearful of danger and greedy for gain....[love] is a link of obligation which men, because they are rotten, will break anything they think doing so serves their advantage; but fear involves dread of punishment, from which they can never escape.

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  Liars, Love Is, Men

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• You do not know the unfathomable cowardice of humanity...servile in the face of force, pitiless in the face of weakness, implacable before blunders, indulgent before crimes...and patient to the point of martyrdom before all the violences of bold despotism.

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  Humanity, Liberty, Weakness

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• It is a common failing of man not to take account of tempests during fair weather.

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  Men, Weather, Common

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• One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others.

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  Peace, War, Order

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• Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.

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  War, Men, Order

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• In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.

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  People, Judgement, Prudent

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• To ensure victory the troops must have confidence in themselves as well as in their commanders.

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  War, Victory, Troops

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• Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

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  Literature, Prophet, Unarmed

  "The Prince".

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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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  Love, Children, Crazy

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• I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but cannot oppose it; that they may weave its warp, but cannot break it. Yet they should never give up, because there is always hope, though they know not the end and more towards it along roads which cross one another and as yet are unexplored; and since there is hope, they should not despair, no matter what fortune brings or in what travail they find themselves.

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  Art, Giving Up, War

  "Discourses on Livy" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book 2, ch. 29, as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick, 1517.

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• No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

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  Men, Way, Born

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• One must consider the final result

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  Finals, Results, Ends Justify The Means

  Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.14, Penguin

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• The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.

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  War, People, Affection

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

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• Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

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  Art, War, Winning

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• He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed

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  People, Favour, Easy

  Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, Sir (2010). “Machiavelli, More & Luther”, p.36, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The prince must be a lion, but he must also know how to play the fox.

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  Play, Lions, Foxes

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• If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.

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  Passion, Past, Cities

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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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  War, Evil, Able

  NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1947). “THE PRINCE”

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• A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

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  Simple, Men, Good Man

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.99, Race Point Publishing

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• A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

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  Done, Ruins, Neglect

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.69, Xist Publishing

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• Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

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  Revenge, Men, Hustle

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• The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

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  Government, Law, Foundation

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.47, FastPencil Inc

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