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It is essential that in entering a new province you should have the good will of its inhabitants (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
For however strong you may be in respect of your army, it is essential that in entering a new Province you should have the good will of its inhabitants (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
You ought never to suffer your designs to be crossed in order to avoid war, since war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who simply act like lions are stupid (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
But when you disarm them, you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them, either for cowardice or for want of loyalty, and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as a leader in the introduction of changes (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
... one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear, if one has to choose between them it is far safer to be feared than loved (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
And those modes of defence are alone good, certain and lasting, which depend upon yourself and your own worth (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
For since a Prince by birth has fewer occasions and less need to give offence, he ought to be better loved, and will naturally be popular with his subjects unless outrageous vices make him odious (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Still, to slaughter fellow - citizens, to betray friends, to be devoid of honour, pity, and religion, cannot be counted as merits, for these are means which may lead to power, but which confer no glory (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Anyone who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Moreover, no one feels grateful to anyone for those benefits of freedom that all share in common, at least so long as they enjoy them (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no consideration of justice or injustice, humanity or cruelty, nor of glory or of shame, should be allowed to prevail. But putting all other considerations aside, the only question should be: What course will save the life and liberty of the country? (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)
In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes (Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes)