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#1

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

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#2

“The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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#3

“It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

tags: deceive, deceiver, deception, pleasure

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#4

“One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

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#5

“There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: adversity, opposition, resolve

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#6

“Alexander never did what he said, Cesare never said what he did.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

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#7

“Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

tags: enemies, friends

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#8

“Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts up with them gains the benefits, but also the trouble. As the saying goes, there's no honey without bees.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, Mandragola

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#9

“In general you must either pamper people or destroy them; harm them just a little and they’ll hit back; harm them seriously and they won’t be able to. So if you’re going to do people harm, make sure you needn’t worry about their reaction.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: harm-people, machiavelli, the-prince

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#10

“One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who simply act like lions are stupid.”
― Nicolo Macchiavelli

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#11

“As a general thing anyone who is not your friend will advise neutrality while anyone who is your friend will ask you to join him, weapon in hand.”
― Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: friendship

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#12

“It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: life, machiavelli, machiavellian, the-prince, weather

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#13

“Any injury we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.”
― Machiavelli, Niccolo, The Prince

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