Niccolo Machiavelli

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#deceiver #double #pleasure

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#how #know #must #obeyed #who

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#his #immediate #inclined #lack #men

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#his #lacks #legitimate #never #prince

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#both #cannot #feared #loved #than

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#men #titles

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#difficult #hand #introduction #lead #more

Before all else, be armed. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#before #else

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#loved #more #much #secure #than

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#finally #fool #man #once #wise