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7 sourced quotes by Niccolò Machiavelli on ethics & morality, character & virtue, governance & administration, peace, non-violence & conflict, work, excellence & success, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved through them rather than the means by which they have been executed.
It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.
So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.
Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.
No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else. Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. Discipline in war counts more than fury.
No circumstance is ever so desperate that one cannot nurture some spark of hope.
Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.