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

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Men walk almost always in the paths trodden by others, proceeding in their actions by imitation.

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Ability and perseverance are the weapons of weakness.

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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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as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure

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Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does.

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Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.

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There is nothing more important than appearing to be religious.

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We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who must use persuasion. In the second case, they always come to grief, having achieved nothing; when, however, they depend on their own resources and can force the issue, then they are seldom endangered.

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It is a common failing of man not to take account of tempests during fair weather.

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So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.

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Human beings remain constant in their methods of conduct.

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I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.

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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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The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

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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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...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.

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Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy.

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For a prince should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers. From the latter he can always defend himself by his good troops and friends; and he will always have good friends if he has good troops.

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