Machiavellianism by Niccolò Machiavelli

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Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.

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He who builds on the people, builds on the mud.

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Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved,

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One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.

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There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.

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He who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against.

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God creates men, but they choose each other.

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Is it better to be loved or feared?

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Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

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

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He who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived.

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It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.

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Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.

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Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

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

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There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.

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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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In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

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Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.