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Category: Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Love, Men, Shrink

Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Better, Loved, You

Niccolò Machiavelli

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

Wishes, Know, Must

Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Evil, Hatred, Works

Niccolò Machiavelli

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

Country, See, Sign

Niccolò Machiavelli

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Good, Three, Kind

Niccolò Machiavelli

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

Teach, Within, Minds

Niccolò Machiavelli

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.

People, Understand, Must

Niccolò Machiavelli

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.

Peace, Military, Study

Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Others, Only, Avoiding

Niccolò Machiavelli

War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

War, Arms, Just

Niccolò Machiavelli

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Enemy, Succeed, Execution