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Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

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No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

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I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

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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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A wise prince then...should never be idle in times of peace but should industriously lay up stores of which to avail himself in times of adversity so that when fortune abandons him he may be prepared to resist her blows.

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To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one must be of the people.

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Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

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A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target.

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Ability and perseverance are the weapons of weakness.

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Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

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There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand.

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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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Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

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Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

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And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and so, as I said above, if a prince wishes to maintain the state, he is often obliged not to be good; because whenever that group which you believe you need to support you is corrupted, whether it be the common people, the soldiers, or the nobles, it is to your advantage to follow their inclinations in order to satisfy them; and then good actions are your enemy.

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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

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Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.

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Results are often obtained by impetuosity and daring which could never have been obtained by ordinary methods.

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Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.

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The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

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