In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.
Niccolò MachiavelliTag: politics strategy warfare political-science
I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.
Niccolò MachiavelliThe fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
Niccolò Machiavellicomedic playwright.
Niccolò MachiavelliTherefore 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.
Niccolò MachiavelliNevertheless, that our freewill may not be altogether extinguished, I think it may be true that fortune is the ruler of half our actions, but that she allows the other half or a little less to be governed by us.
Niccolò MachiavelliIt is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Niccolò MachiavelliMen sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony
Niccolò MachiavelliTherefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.
Niccolò MachiavelliTag: power government machiavelli
A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy.
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