Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you, either from envy or from any other cause.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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• A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.

  

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• It is often found that modesty and humility not only do no good, but are positively hurtful, when they are shown to the arrogant who have taken up a prejudice against you, either from envy or from any other cause.

  

  Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
  • Humility
  • Modesty
  • Hurtful