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Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
«The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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acquire, admittedly, common mistake, condemnation, condemned, costs, natural ability, praised, The Wish
«Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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benefits, conferred, conferring, confer with, gradually, in good taste, in that, taste
«So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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deprived, deprived of, deprives, majority, property, satisfied, so long
«Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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apt, generalization, generalizations, mistaken, observations
«Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.»
«The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.»
«Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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all at once, benefits, dealt, dealt out, drop, drop by, handed, offense, offenses, relished, relishes, relishing, suddenness
«And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved....I sum up by saying that since his being loved depends upon his subjects, while his being feared depends upon himself, [one] should build on what is his own, and not on what rests with others.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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answered, build on, coming together, feared, hardly, rests, safer, subjects, sum, sum up, The Question
«War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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Peace,
War
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breathing, breathing time, contrive, contriving, execute, furnishes, leisure, leisure time, prince