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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• Choice
• Distinguish
• Harmful

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• What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.

  

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• I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.

  

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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.

  

  Aaron Huey
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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.

  

  Mahershala Ali
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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.

  

  J. J. Watt
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• I have the strange ability to shut things out.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
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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.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
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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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• The wise men understood that this natural world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. That's what I mean by action.

  

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• The gifts of the Holy Spirit are testimony, faith, knowledge, wisdom, revelations, miracles, healing, and charity, to name but a few.

  

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• As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all have the same Buddha nature.

  

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• I think in a creative effort, in any creative effort, you need to, people need to be able to be taking risks and if it turns out to be a mistake, if it turns out not to have been the right choice, that should be applauded, you know, by everybody, and it will come up with another plan.

  

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• I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.

  

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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