CD: Philosophical Quotes - Machiavelli

"Men ought either to be well treated or crushed...

... because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries.

Of more serious ones they cannot.

Therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind...

... that one does not stand in fear of revenge."

"Never allow a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war...

... or you are only postponing a war to someone else's advantage."

"Hence it comes that all armed prophets have been victorious...

... and all unarmed prophets have been destroyed."

"Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised."

"He who abandons what is done for what ought to be done...

... will rather bring about his own ruin than his preservation."

"Consider the results that have been achieved through the means...

... rather than the means by which they have been executed."

"It is far safer to be feared than loved."