Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

Related Quotes:

" The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" 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. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" Never was anything great achieved without danger. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo 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. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" 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. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" 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. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

" The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all. "

Niccolo Machiavelli

" Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. "

Niccolo Machiavelli