Quotes tagged “machiavelli”

“I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married”

“These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it.”

“Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves.”

“Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.”

“When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter th...”

“Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savour being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more ...”

“These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it.”

“Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves.”

“Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.”

“When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter th...”

“Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savour being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more ...”