Quotes by : Niccolò Machiavelli

And you have to understand this, that a prince, especially a new one, cannot observe all those things....

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world....

Men in general are as much affected by what a thing appears to be as by what it is, indeed they are frequently....

People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge;....

...no one should marvel at the ease with which Alexander [the Great] kept possession of Asia, or at the....

But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined....

Is it better to be loved or feared?

... By disarming, you at once give offense, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either....

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His....