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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

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For the mob is always impressed by appearances and by results, and the world is composed of the mob.

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For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

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Never do your enemy a minor injury.

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How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows those princes to have done great things who have had little regard for good faith, and have been able by astuteness to confuse men's brains, and who have ultimately overcome those who have made loyalty their foundation.

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He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

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Human beings remain constant in their methods of conduct.

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I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

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The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.

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The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.

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A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

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One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves

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Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.

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That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided it is well known that he is an excellent man and revered by his people, he can only be attacked with difficulty.

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You must never believe that the enemy does not know how to conduct his own affairs. Indeed, if you want to be deceived less and want to bear less danger, the more the enemy is weak or the less the enemy is cautious, so much more must you esteem him.

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...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

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A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and must protect himself from those that will not lose it for him, if this is possible; but if he cannot, he need not concern himself unduly if he ignores these less serious vices.

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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

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I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set about it is to constitute it as Sparta and Venice were constituted; to place it in a strong position, and so to fortify it that no one will dream of taking it by a sudden assault; and, on the other hand, not to make it so large as to appear formidable to its neighbors. It should in this way be able to enjoy its form of government for a long time. For war is made on a commonwealth for two reasons: to subjugate it, and for fear of being subjugated by it.

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