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• For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Way, Destroying

  Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Moore (2010). “Machiavelli, More & Luther”, p.19, Cosimo, Inc.

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• God creates men, but they choose each other.

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  Men, Community

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

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  Wise, Philosophical, Reality

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• 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.

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  Art, War, Mean

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

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• A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.

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  Greatness, Men, Doe

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.18, Race Point Publishing

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• In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sagacious lawgiver, but the reasons for which are not sufficiently evident to enable him to persuade others to submit to them; and therefore do wise men, for the purpose of removing this difficulty, resort to divine authority.

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  Wise, Men, Law

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• A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.

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  Blast, Breasts, Boast

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• War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

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  War, Philosophical, Arms

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• In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend; and thus from good they gradually decline to evil, and from evil again return to good. The reason is, that valor produces peace; peace, repose; repose, disorder; disorder, ruin; so from disorder order springs; from order virtue, and from this, glory and good fortune.

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  Art, Spring, War

  "Florentine Histories" by Niccolò Machiavelli, book V, chapter 1, 1526.

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• When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

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  Confidence, Gun, People

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

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  Love, Philosophical, Men

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• Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

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  Ignorance, Men, Difficulty

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.34, Race Point Publishing

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• One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high taxes from starting a new business. Rather, the Prince should be ready to reward men who want to do these things and those who endeavour in any way to increase the prosperity of their city or their state.

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  Taken, Men, Cities

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• We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

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  Mean, Done, Great Things

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.71, Xist Publishing

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• A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

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  Father, Son, Loss

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• Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

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  Wise, Past, Men

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• The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

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  Art, War, Men

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• it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.

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  Opportunity, Love Is, Men

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.68, FastPencil Inc

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• The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.

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  War, Taken, Promise

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• There are three kinds of brains. The one understands things unassisted, the other understands things when shown by others, the third understands neither alone nor with the explanations of others.

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  Brain, Three, Kind

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.73, Race Point Publishing

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• For without invention, no one was ever a great man in his own trade.

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  Men, Great Men, Invention

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• They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

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  Achievement, Way, Difficulty

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2015). “The Prince”, p.38, Xist Publishing

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• To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one must be of the people.

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  People, Literature

  "The Portable Machiavelli".

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• 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.

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  Love, Hate, People

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

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• And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for it; but above all he must abstain from taking the property of others, for men forget more easily the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

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  Art, Father, War

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.53, Race Point Publishing

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