It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Let no one oppose this belief of mine with that well-worn proverb 'He who builds on the people builds on mud.Niccoló Machiavelli
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.
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Wise men say, and not without reason, that whoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Before all else, be armed.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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