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• Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)...
• In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people
  for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sagacious lawgiver, but the reasons for which are not sufficiently evident to enable him to persuade others to submit to them...
• Therefore a wise prince will seek means by which his subjects will always and in every possible condition of things have need of his government, and then they will always be faithful to him.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Prince", Datalink...
• Men are apt to deceive themselves in big things, but they rarely do so in particulars.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
• When neither their poverty nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)...
• When neither their poverty nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
• Deceit in the conduct of war outweighs valor and is worthy of merit. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
• Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
• It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. -- Niccolo Machiavelli