Quotes by : Niccolò Machiavelli

For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not....

... Whoever becomes master of a city accustomed to live in freedom and does no destroy it, may reckon....

These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them....

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent,....

A prince need take little account of conspiracies if the people are disposed in his favor.

I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the....

... one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear,....

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

There are many who think a wise prince ought, when he has the chance, to foment astutely some enmity,....

Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates....