Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• Distinguish
• Harmful

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• My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

  

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• People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

  

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• I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.

  

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• War is the greatest failure of mankind.

  

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• I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

  

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• There's nothing fun about 30 people standing around watching you, like, pretend to pleasure someone. Nothing enjoyable about it, believe me.

  

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• For the first time I'm free to be myself.

  

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• Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.

  

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• I have the strange ability to shut things out.

  

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• It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.

  

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• A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

  

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• I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.

  

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• If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.

  

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• A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

  

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• But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.

  

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• I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.

  

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• You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.

  

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• While most people had moved on from children's books, Jake still loved them. They felt cozy like hot chocolate with mini marshmallows or a new jumbo box of Crayola crayons.

  

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• Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

  

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• If there's a particular problem that Perl is trying to solve, it's the basic fact that all programming languages suck. Sort of the concept of original sin, applied to programming languages.

  

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• Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Wisdom
  • Choice
  • Distinguish