The vulgar are always taken by appearances and by the outcome of a thing; and in the world there are only the vulgar.
The Prince, political philosophy
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"If a prince wants to keep his state, he must learn how to be not good, and to use or not use this according to the necessity."
Humorous"The wise man does at once what the fool does finally."
Strange & Unusual"There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you."
Strange & Unusual"For there is no other way of guarding oneself from flatterers than by letting men understand that to tell you the truth will not offend you."
Controversial"A wise prince, therefore, ought to find a means by which his subjects will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then they will always be faithful to him…"
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