God creates men, but they choose each other.
Niccolò MachiavelliI'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Niccolò MachiavelliTags: political-theory sociology
Quod Principi plaevit habet legis vigorem
Niccolò MachiavelliWhosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
Niccolò Machiavelliit 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.
Niccolò Machiavelli…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.
Niccolò MachiavelliWhere the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
Niccolò MachiavelliA prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.
Niccolò MachiavelliTags: philosophy war
A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.
Niccolò MachiavelliThere is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.
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