It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Cunning and deceit will every time serve a man better than force to rise from a base condition to great fortune.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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It is easier for the prince to make friends of those men who were contented under the former government, and are therefore his enemies, than of those who, being discontented with it, were favourable to him and encouraged him to seize it.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not by greatness and nobility of soul, although deserved, yet are not real, and cannot be depended upon in time of adversity.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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That which is good for the enemy harms you, and that which is good for you harms the enemy.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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