Quotes about Niccolò machiavelli

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I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect — because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.
I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect — because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of — Niccolò Machiavelli
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of — Niccolò Machiavelli
There is no avoiding war — it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
There is no avoiding war — it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo — I want to overthrow it.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo — I want to overthrow it.