Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen.
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I can't imagine a God who would ever need to intercede in the daily travails of my life.
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The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.
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The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
