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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

~Niccolo Machiavelli

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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

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Before all else, be armed.

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The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Writer

Born: May 3rd, 1469

Died: June 21st, 1527

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