“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: business
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Nature that framed us of four elements,
“Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: great
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God is not willing to do everything,
“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties
“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous
“Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: society
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Men rise from one ambition to another:
“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: men
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Men ought either to be indulged or
“Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: men
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