I burn but the burning makes no mark outside. -Niccolò Machiavelli
War brings out thieves and peace hangs them. -Niccolò Machiavelli
He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed. -Niccolò Machiavelli
They make the greatest show of what they have done, who have done least. -Baltasar Gracian
There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Do not show your wounded finger for everything will knock up against it. -Baltasar Gracian
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Surfeits of happiness are fatal. -Baltasar Gracian
The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. -Baltasar Gracian
A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed. -Baltasar Gracian
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. -Niccolò Machiavelli
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. -Baltasar Gracian
Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. -Baltasar Gracian
When desire dies, fear is born. -Baltasar Gracian
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil. -Niccolò Machiavelli
One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage. -Niccolò Machiavelli
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice. -Baltasar Gracian
If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Men are always wicked at bottom unless they are made good by some compulsion. -Niccolò Machiavelli
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. -Baltasar Gracian
Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains. -Baltasar Gracian
How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery. -Niccolò Machiavelli
