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A son can bear with equanimit...

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

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Severities should be dealt ou...

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.

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A prince never lacks legitima...

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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Men shrink less from offendin...

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

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The wise man does at once wha...

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

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The one who adapts his policy...

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

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No enterprise is more likely ...

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

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The new ruler must determine ...

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

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The main foundations of every...

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.

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It is double pleasure to dece...

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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Whoever conquers a free town ...

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

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The wish to acquire more is a...

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.

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The promise given was a neces...

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

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Nature that framed us of four...

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

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The distinction between child...

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.

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Hence it comes about that all...

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

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The more sand has escaped fro...

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

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Since it is difficult to join...

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

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Benefits should be conferred ...

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

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Whosoever desires constant su...

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

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