Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
The Prince, political philosophy
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"If a prince wants to maintain his rule, he must learn how not to be virtuous, and to make use of this or not, according to need."
Shocking"He who desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with the assumption that all men are bad, and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."
Controversial"It is better to be impetuous than cautious, because Fortune is a woman, and if you wish to control her, it is necessary to beat and ill-use her."
Shocking"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions."
Strange & Unusual"It is necessary to be a fox to discover snares and a lion to terrify wolves."
Controversial