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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

tags: daring, risk, success

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“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.”
― Machiavelli Niccolo, The Prince

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“The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
― Machiavelli Niccolo

tags: political-theory, sociology

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“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

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