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NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Quotes


It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Society 142
I certainly think that it is better to be impetuous than cautious, for fortune is a woman, and it is necessary if you wish to master her, to conquer her by force. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Fortune 135
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach, we are never satisfied. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Ambition 122
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Insults 119
One ought never to allow a disorder to take place in order to avoid war, for war is not thereby avoided, but only deferred to your disadvantage. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli War 94
Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her-They may weave her web, but they cannot break it. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Fortune 91
I believe it to be most true that it seldom happens that men rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Class 86
A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily come to grief among so many who are not good. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Goodness 83
Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Disagreement 81
Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful of danger and covetous of gain. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Man 80
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the wants of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer himself to be tricked. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Dishonesty 77
Injuries should be done all together, so that being, less tasted, they will give less offense. Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Opportunities 71
There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Understanding 71
Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their innate evil passions as often as they can do so with safety. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Evil 57
As laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so good manners are necessary that laws may be maintained. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Manners 51
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Leadership 46
In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly. NiccolÃ² Machiavelli Accomplishments 44

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