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Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it"
"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived"
"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others."
"Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration."
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
"The ends justify the means."
"The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning."
"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."
"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."
"He who wishes to deceive will never fail to find willing dupes."
"The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms"
"The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar"
"The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid such scandal and hatred as would cost him the affection of the people"
"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life the clearer we should see through it"
"The ends justify the means"
"The promise given was a necessity of the past the word broken is a necessity of the present"
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles"
"Politics have no relation to morals"
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great"
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