Author: Niccolo Machiavelli

Quotes

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

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

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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

- 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

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

- 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

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

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