(1469-1527) |
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MACHIAVELLI REMEMBERED
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"So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging." |
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"For it is the man who uses violence to spoil things that is blameworthy, not the man who uses violence to mend them." |
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"It is easy for force to acquire a title, but not for a title to acquire force." |
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"It does not help to have won victories in the past, for the present disaster cancels them all out." |
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"In corrupt republics, especially in untroubled times, men of first-class ability are ousted by the envy and ambitious scheming of others." |
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"The reason why men are sometimes unfortunate, sometimes fortunate, depends upon whether their behavior is in conformity with the times." |
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"It is not shameful to fail to keep a promise which you have been forced to make." |
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"Most men are more ready to belittle than to praise another's actions." |
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"Security for man is impossible unless it is conjoined with power." |
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"The vice of ingratitude arises either from avarice or from suspicion." |
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"Men place much greater value on property than on honors." |
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"Prudent men always make a favor of doing things even though they would of necessity be constrained to do them anyhow." |
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"Nothing is more inconstant than the masses... it is the nature of the masses to either servilely to obey or arrogantly to domineer." |
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"Discord in a republic is usually due to idleness and peace, and unity to fear and war." |
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"No one ever acted so prudently nor acquired such a reputation for wisdom, as that which Brutus did by pretending to be stupid." |
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"That time waits for no man, that goodness alone does not suffice, that fortune is changeable, and that malice is not to be placated by gifts." |
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"Men never do good unless necessity drives them to do it." |
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"Hate is more quickly aroused than fear." |
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"Men in general are much more affected by what a thing appears to be as what it is; indeed they are frequently influenced more by appearances than by reality." |
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"Men make quite a number of mistakes about things in general, but not so many about particulars." |
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"Malevolence is not vanquished by time, nor placated by any gifts." |
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"Men are moved in the main by two things: either fear or love... A man who makes himself feared is usually better followed than a man who makes himself loved." |
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"Although to use fraud in any action is detestable, yet in the conduct of war is it praiseworthy and glorious." |
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