Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.
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May princes know then that they begin to lose (their) state at that hour in which they begin to break the laws and those customs and usages that are ancient and under which men have lived for a long time.Niccoló Machiavelli
As laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manners that laws may be maintained.
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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people.
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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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He who owes least to fortune is in the strongest position.
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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