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The Prince
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moral that it is far better to earn the confidence of the people than to rely on fortresses.
“question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“else,”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“he who thinks new favours will cause great personages to forget old injuries deceives himself.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for 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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