Italian - Writer | May 3, 1469 - June 21, 1527
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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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.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
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