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Quotes By Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

Action, Wisdom

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Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Character, Integrity, Leadership

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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Perception, Time

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The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Friendship, Intelligence, Leadership, Reputation

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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Judgment, Perception

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Lake Tahoe

Where the willingness is great, the difficulty cannot be great.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Lake Tahoe

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Accountability, Choice, Fear

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From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Fear, Love

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Arches National Park

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one’s own ignorance.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Intelligence

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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 induction of a new order of things.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Accountability, Courage, Decision, Leadership, Success

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Lake Tahoe

I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Society

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