Is it better to be loved or feared?
Niccolò MachiavelliStichwörter: philosophy political-philosophy
It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.
Niccolò MachiavelliIt is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Niccolò MachiavelliMen are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.
Niccolò MachiavelliAppear as you may wish to be
Niccolò MachiavelliMen ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.
Niccolò MachiavelliStichwörter: politics philosophy revenge
There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.
Niccolò Machiavellias the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure
Niccolò MachiavelliThere are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless..
Niccolò MachiavelliBecause fear and ove can hardly co exist together,if we must chose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
Niccolò MachiavelliStichwörter: inspirational
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