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He who has once begun to live...

He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.

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Though fraud in all other act...

Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force.

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A wise prince then...should n...

A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.

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Therefore it is unnecessary f...

Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them.

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Results are often obtained by...

Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods.

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Half of these aren't even Mac...

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?

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The best fortress which a pri...

The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.

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When you disarm your subjects...

When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you.

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A prince... must learn from t...

A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who act simply as lions are stupid. So it follows that a prudent ruler cannot, and must not, honour his word when it places him at a disadvantage and when the reasons for which he made his promise no longer exist.

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It is often found that modest...

It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you, either from envy or from any other cause.

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It is better to be adventurou...

It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman.

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When neither their property n...

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

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It is a common failing of man...

It is a common failing of man not to take account of tempests during fair weather.

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The peasant wants only to be ...

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

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How we live is so different f...

How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.

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It is necessary that the prin...

It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler. For men are so simple, and yield so much to immediate necessity, that the deceiver will never lack dupes.

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Those who either from imprude...

Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always servants, and honest men are always poor; nor do any ever escape from servitude but the bold and faithless, or from poverty, but the rapacious and fraudulent.

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A prudent man... must behave ...

A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target.

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Wisdom consists in being able...

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

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A prince is also respected wh...

A prince is also respected when he is a true friend and a true enemy; that is, when he declares himself on the side of one prince against another without any reservation.

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