Machiavelli

Famous quotes containing the word machiavelli:

“Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

“Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)