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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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Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

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Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

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One of the great secrets of the day is to know how to take possession of popular prejudices and passions, in such a way as to introduce a confusion of principles which makes impossible all understanding between those who speak the same language and have the same interests.

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The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.

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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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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

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Whoever is the cause of another becoming powerful, is ruined himself; for that power is produced by him either through craft or force; and both of these are suspected by the one who has been raised to power.

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When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams of trying to deceive or trick him.

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To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

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Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

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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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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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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

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Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

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Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

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A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very few examples, he will be more merciful than those who, from excess of tenderness, allow disorders to arise, from whence spring murders and rapine; for these as a rule injure the whole community, while the executions carried out by the prince injure only one individual. And of all princes, it is impossible for a new prince to escape the name of cruel, new states being always full of dangers.

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We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

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God creates men, but they choose each other.

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