Only the Greatest and the Best Quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli
Quote : "When every one may tell you the truth' respect for you abates."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXIII , Quote ID :8163)
Quote : "Men will always prove untrue to you unless they are kept honest by constraint."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXIII , Quote ID :8164)
Quote : "Men are attracted more by the present than by the past."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXIV , Quote ID :8165)
Quote : "I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions'but that she still leaves us to direct the other half' or perhaps a little less."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXV , Quote ID :8166)
Quote : "So it happens with fortune' who shows her power where valour has not prepared to resist her' and thither she turns her forces where she knows that barriers and defences have not been raised to constrain."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXV , Quote ID :8167)
Quote : "Fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways' so long as the two are in agreement men are successful' but unsuccessful when they fall out."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXV , Quote ID :8168)
Quote : "It is better to be adventurous than cautious' because fortune is a woman' and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her."
- (Author : Niccolo Machiavelli , Book : The Prince, Chapter XXV , Quote ID :8169)