“And yet we cannot define as skillful killing one's fellow citizens, betraying one's friends, and showing no loyalty, mercy, or moral obligation. These means can lead to power, but not glory.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Poor Richard's Almanack
― Poor Richard's Almanack
“Speak little, do much.”
― Poor Richard's Almanack
― Poor Richard's Almanack
“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”
― Poor Richard's Almanack
― Poor Richard's Almanack
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