Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor the other in any way diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious, and the other increases his hatred of you, and makes him more persevering in his efforts to injure you...

  

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• When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

  

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• Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Men
  • Force
  • Condition