Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli
-- Niccolo Machiavelli
Related:
- It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
Niccolo... - Though fraud in other activities be detestable, in the management of war it
is laudable and glorious,
and he who overcomes an enemy by fraud is as much ... - The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
- St.... - Deceit in the conduct of war outweighs valor and is worthy of merit.
Niccolo... - Non-cooperation with evil is a much a duty as is cooperation
with good... - Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast,
that however high we reach we are never satisfied.... - A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would
be against his interests.
Niccolo... - Cunning and deceit will every time serve a man better than force.
Niccolo... - Men are apt to deceive themselves in big things, but they rarely
do so in particulars.
Niccolo...
