Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes And Sayings

Benefits Should Be Conferred Gradually; And In That Way They Will Taste Better.

A Prince Never Lacks Legitimate Reasons To Break His Promise.

The More Sand Has Escaped From The Hourglass Of Our Life, The Clearer We Should See Through It.

There Is No Avoiding War; It Can Only Be Postponed To The Advantage Of Others.

Since It Is Difficult To Join Them Together, It Is Safer To Be Feared Than To Be Loved When One Of The Two Must Be Lacking.

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.

It Is Necessary For Him Who Lays Out A State And Arranges Laws For It To Presuppose That All Men Are Evil And That They Are Always Going To Act According To The Wickedness Of Their Spirits Whenever They Have Free Scope.