Niccolo Machiavelli | men
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Niccolo Machiavelli | men
Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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Niccolo Machiavelli | love
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.
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Niccolo Machiavelli | life
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.
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Niccolo Machiavelli | intelligence
There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.
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Niccolo Machiavelli | intelligence
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Niccolo Machiavelli | great
Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
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