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I desire to go to Hell and not...

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

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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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It is the duty of a man of hon...

It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because of the malignity of the times, that this good finally can be done by another more loved in heaven.

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No one should therefore fear t...

No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

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He who blinded by ambition, ra...

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

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Benefits should be granted lit...

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.

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Fear is secured by a dread of ...

Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

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Men are always averse to enter...

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.

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There should be many judges, f...

There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.

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For as laws are necessary that...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.

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...it behooves us to adapt one...

...it behooves us to adapt oneself to the times if one wants to enjoy continued good fortune.

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Men are more ready to offend o...

Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.

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War is a profession by which a...

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

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A prince must not have any oth...

A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.

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We must bear in mind, then, th...

We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. For the innovator has for enemies all those who derived advantages from the old order of things, whilst those who expect to be benefited by the new institutions will be but lukewarm defenders.

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And truly it is a very natural...

And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be praised or not blamed; but when they cannot, and wish to do it anyway, here lies the error and the blame.

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A battle that you win cancels ...

A battle that you win cancels all your mistakes.

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A man who is used to acting in...

A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.

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There is no other way to guard...

There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.

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When evening comes, I return h...

When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter the antique courts of the ancients and am welcomed by them, and there I taste the food that alone is mine, and for which I was born. And there I make bold to speak to them and ask the motives of their actions, and they, in their humanity, reply to me. And for the space of four hours I forget the world, remember no vexation, fea

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