KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Showing 1-10 of 57 Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Politics have no relation to morals.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Never was anything great achieved without danger.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Writer

Born: May 3rd, 1469

Died: June 21st, 1527

Links

Find Niccolo Machiavelli on Amazon

Related Authors

Ayobami Adebayo
Kenneth Bonert
Milan Kundera
Min Jin Lee
Stanislaw Lem
Thomas Mann
Claude Mckay
Erich Maria Remarque
Stijn Streuvels
Publilius Syrus

Popular Authors

Aesop Yogi Berra W. E. B. Du Bois Epictetus Jane Goodall J. K. Rowling Rumi Simon Sinek

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Architecture Art Car Dating Future Jealousy Money Patience