Only the greatest and the Best Quotes From Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Quote : "He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force' and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power."

Quote : "He who has relied least on fortune is established the strongest."

Quote : "Those who by valorous ways become princes' like these men' acquire a principality with difficulty' but they keep it with ease."

Quote : "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

Quote : "The nature of the people is variable' and whilst it is easy to persuade them' it is difficult to fix them in that persuasion."

Quote : "He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards' but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building."

Quote : "It cannot be called talent to slay fellow-citizens' to deceive friends' to be without faith' without mercy' without religion; such methods may gain empire' but not glory."

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