Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Son Quotes

One can generally say this about men: that they are ungrateful, fickle, simulators and deceivers, avoiders of danger, greedy for gain; and while you work for their good they are completely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their lives, and their sons when danger is far away; but when it comes nearer to you, they turn away.

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Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

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We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

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Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

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A home without books is a body without soul.

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What a piece of work is a man

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.

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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

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Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

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It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

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