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The promise given was a necessity of the past the word broken is a necessity of the present

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Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand for everyone can see and few can feel Every one sees what you appear to be few really know what you are

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He who builds on the people builds on the mud

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لا شيء أشد ضروره من أن يتظاهر الامير بالتدين فالناس عامة يحكمون بما يرون بأعينهم أكثر مما يحكمون بما يلمسون بإيديهم لأن كل امريء يستطيع أن يري ولكن قلة قليله تملك ان تلمس ما انت عليه

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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle hypocritical and greedy of gain

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…he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived

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How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation

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it is much safer to be feared than loved because love is preserved by the link of obligation which owing to the baseness of men is broken at every opportunity for their advantage but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails

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Therefore it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

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A man who is used to acting in one way never changes he must come to ruin when the times in changing no longer are in harmony with his ways

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Where the willingness is great the difficulties cannot be great

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Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch because everyone can see but few can test by feeling Everyone sees what you seem to be few know what you really are and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion

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Because there are three classes of intellects one which comprehends by itself another which appreciates what others comprehend and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others the first is the most excellent the second is good the third is useless

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The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar

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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him

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It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things

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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command

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He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them which it is easy for him to do since all they ask is not to be oppressed

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Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble and in choosing the lesser evil

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A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent so that if he does not attain to their greatness at any rate he will get some tinge of it

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