Let no one oppose this belief of mine with that well-worn proverb 'He who builds on the people builds on mud.
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The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.Niccolo Machiavelli
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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There are three classes of intellects one which comprehends by itself another which appreciates what others comprehend and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others the first is the most excellent, the second is good, the third is useless.
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In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa.
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The prince must be a lion, but he must also know how to play the fox.
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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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