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Independent page dedicated to Niccolò Machiavelli.

Strategy, power, history & original commentary.

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"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are."

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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In the actions of all men, and especially of princes, where there is no tribunal to appeal to, one must consider the final result.

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Sun Tzu said:

"Never interrupt your opponent while he is in the middle of making a mistake."

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The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

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when Machiavelli said:

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.”

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“…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.”

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Is it better to be loved or feared?

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Immerse yourself in the world or the industry that you wish to master.

- Robert Greene

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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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Once people's eyes are on you, you have a special legitimacy.

- The 48 Laws of Power

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When you do not know who the perpetrator is, look for the beneficiary.

➖️ Niccolò Machiavelli.

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

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“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”

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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.

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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.

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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.