“…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
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