He who owes least to fortune is in the strongest position.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.Niccolo Machiavelli
The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.
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Prudence consists in the power to recognize the nature of disadvantages and to take the less disagreeable as good.
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He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.
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