Author: Niccolo Machiavelli

Quotes

Politics have no relation to morals.

Politics have no relation to morals.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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