It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

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Hatred may be engendered by good deeds as well as bad ones.

Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince (1513)
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

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A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.

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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

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

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