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• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  Never was anything great achieved without danger.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

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

• Niccolo Machiavelli:

  There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.