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Politics have no relation to morals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Never was anything great achieved without danger.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Writer

Born: May 3rd, 1469

Died: June 21st, 1527

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