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The World Has Always Been The Same; And There Is Always As Much Good Fortune As Bad In It.

Therefore It Is Unnecessary For A Prince To Have All The Good Qualities I Have Enumerated, But It Is Very Necessary To Appear To Have Them.

The Leader Should Know How To Enter Into Evil When Necessity Commands.

Impetuosity And Audacity Often Achieve What Ordinary Means Fail To Achieve.

Men Ought Either To Be Well Treated Or Crushed, Because They Can Avenge Themselves Of Lighter Injuries, Of More Serious Ones They Cannot; Therefore The Injury That Is To Be Done To A Man Ought To Be Of Such A Kind That One Does Not Stand In Fear Of Revenge.