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

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."

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."

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."

Quote : "Where the willingness is great the difficulties cannot be great."

Quote : "There is great valour in the limbs whilst it fails in the head."

Quote : "He who is considered wise by day will not be considered a fool at night."

Quote : "Whilst men in buying an earthen or glass vase would sound it first to learn if it were good' yet in choosing a wife' they were content with only looking at her."

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