Machiavelli

Famous quotes containing the word machiavelli:

“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)

“There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)