Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

A Prince, As I Have Said Before, Sooner Becomes Hated By Being Rapacious And By Interfering With The Property And With The Women Of His Subjects, Than In Any Other Way. From These, Therefore, He Should Abstain. For So Long As Neither Their Property Nor Their Honour Is Touched, The Mass Of Mankind Live Contentedly, And The Prince Has Only To Cope With The Ambition Of A Few, Which Can In Many Ways And Easily Be Kept Within Bounds.

A Prince Is Despised When He Is Seen To Be Fickle, Frivolous, Effeminate, Pusillanimous, Or Irresolute, Against Which Defects He Ought Therefore Most Carefully To Guard, Striving So To Bear Himself That Greatness, Courage, Wisdom, And Strength May Appear In All His Actions. In His Private Dealings With His Subjects His Decisions Should Be Irrevocable, And His Reputation Such That No One Would Dream Of Overreaching Or Cajoling Him.

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