Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts up with them gains the benefits, but also the trouble. As the saying goes, there's no honey without bees.
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. - Niccolo Machiavelli
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted. - Niccolo Machiavelli
A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes o… - Niccolo Machiavelli
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes o…
The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion… - Niccolo Machiavelli
The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion…
Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy. - Niccolo Machiavelli
Always assume incompetence before looking for conspiracy.
It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free. - Niccolo Machiavelli
It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. - Niccolo Machiavelli
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. - Niccolo Machiavelli
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
Politics have no relation to morals.
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