Niccolo Machiavelli
"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes."
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"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."
"Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot."
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred."
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
"Politics have no relation to morals."