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Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

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

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Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

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He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.

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Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

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

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For this is the tragedy of man circumstances change, but he does not.

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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.

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Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.

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An armed republic submits less easily to the rule of one of its citizens than a republic armed by foreign forces. Rome and Sparta were for many centuries well armed and free. The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom. Among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible. It is not reasonable to suppose that one who is armed will obey willingly one who is unarmed; or that any unarmed man will remain safe among armed servants.

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The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

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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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If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard.

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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.

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It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.

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Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

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The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

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Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

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