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All Quotes by author - Niccolo Machiavelli

" A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. "

" A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. "

" A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. "

" A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. "

" Before all else, be armed. "

" Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. "

" For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. "

" God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. "

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

" Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed. "

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

" If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. "

" I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. "

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

" It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. "

" It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. "

" It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope. "

" It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. "

" 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 yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. "

" Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. "

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

" Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot. "

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

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

" Never was anything great achieved without danger. "

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

" Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain. "

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

" One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. "

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