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"Many have dreamed up republics and principalities that have never in truth been known to exist; the gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done for what should be done learns the way to self-destruction rather than self-preservation."
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Ideals And Idealism
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"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied."
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Ambition
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"Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations."
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Judgment And Judges
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"Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see, but only a few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are, and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion."
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Judgment And Judges
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"I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself."
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Prudence
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"It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day."
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Conquest
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"A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity."
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Quote of the Day Wisdom
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"Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it. He should behave like those archers who, if they are skilful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target."
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Imitation
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"A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and must protect himself from those that will not lose it for him, if this is possible; but if he cannot, he need not concern himself unduly if he ignores these less serious vices."
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Vice
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"States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them."
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Nations
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"Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration."
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Judgment And Judges
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"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."
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"Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony."
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Inheritance
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"Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more."
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Italian Writer Quotes
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"Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed."
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"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
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"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
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Italian Writer Quotes
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"Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better."
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"The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."
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"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt."
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"For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against."
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