A man who is used to acting with caution, when circumstances require him to act with impetuosity, cannot change his nature.
The Prince, political philosophy
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"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."
Strange & Unusual"All men are bad and ever ready to use their inherent baseness whenever they have a free opportunity to do so."
Controversial"Men are generally so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."
Shocking"It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are bad, and that they will use their malignity of mind whenever they have a free opportunity to do so."
Controversial"Because there are three ways of holding conquered states that are accustomed to living under their own laws and in freedom: the first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in person, the third …"
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