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A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who act simply as lions are stupid. So it follows that a prudent ruler cannot, and must not, honour his word when it places him at a disadvantage and when the reasons for which he made his promise no longer exist. - Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli The Prince, Nicolo Machiavelli, Machiavelli Quotes, Deadpool Quotes, Niccolo Machiavelli, Prince Quotes, Nietzsche Quotes, Stoic Quotes, Amazing Inspirational Quotes

A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who act simply as lions are stupid. So it follows that a prudent ruler cannot, and must not, honour his word when it places him at a disadvantage and when the reasons for which he made his promise no longer exist.

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Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite. - Niccolo Machiavelli Machiavelli Quotes, Stoicism Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Top Quotes, Quotes By Famous People, Philosophy Quotes, Change Quotes, Badass Quotes, People Quotes

Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.

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"There is no other way of guarding against adulation, than to make people understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth. On the other hand, when everyone feels at liberty to tell you the truth, they will be apt to be lacking in respect to you." - Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince. The Prince Machiavelli, Machiavelli The Prince, Machiavelli Quotes, Wrath Of Gnon, Speaking The Truth, Literature Quotes, Random Images, Speak The Truth, Self Publishing

"There is no other way of guarding against adulation, than to make people understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth. On the other hand, when everyone feels at liberty to tell you the truth, they will be apt to be lacking in respect to you." - Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince.

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