"Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better"
Niccolo Machiavelli
"I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honour titles."
Machiavelli
"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others"
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
Niccolo Machiavelli
