Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed, the same desires and passions.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed, the same desires and passions.
~ 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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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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Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.
~ 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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Discipline in war counts more than fury.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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