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Quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

si el que construye sobre el pueblo es un príncipe que sabe mandar y es valeroso, que no se amedrenta ante la adversidad, que no carece de otras aptitudes y que con su valor y sus instituciones mantiene despierto el ánimo de todos, nunca se encontrará engañado por el pueblo y se habrá procurado sólidos cimientos.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
one change always leaves the toothing for another.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Those who strive to obtain the good graces of a prince are accustomed to come before him with such things as they hold most precious, or in which they see him take most delight; whence one often sees horses, arms, cloth of gold, precious stones, and similar ornaments presented to princes, worthy of their greatness.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
For once problems are recognized ahead of time, they can be easily cured; but if you wait for them to present themselves, the medicine will be too late, for the disease will have become incurable.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Bien sûr, on ne peut nommer valeur le fait de tuer les citoyens de sa patrie, de trahir ses amis, d'être parjure, impitoyable et impie ; ces manières de faire peuvent donner du pouvoir, mais non de la gloire.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
A wise prince ought to observe some such rules, and never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity, so that if fortune chances it may find him prepared to resist her blows.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
When they're weighing up what someone has achieved - and this is particularly true with rulers, who can't be held to account - people look at the end result. So if a leader does what it takes to win power and keep it, his methods will always be reckoned honourable and widely praised. The crowd is won over by appearances and final results. And the world is all crowd: the dissenting few find no space so long as the majority have any grounds at all for their opinions.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
MÄ…dry pan nie mo?e ani nie powinien dotrzymywa? wiary, je?eli takie dotrzymywanie przynosi mu szkodÄ™ i gdy znikn??y jego przyczyny, które spowodowaÅ'y jego przyrzeczenie. Zapewne gdyby wszyscy ludzie byli dobrzy, ten przepis nie byÅ'by dobry, lecz poniewa? sÄ… oni nikczemni i nie dotrzymywaliby tobie wiary, wiÄ™c ty tak?e nie jesteÅ› zobowiÄ…zany im jej dotrzymywa?.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
A principality is created either by the people or by the nobles, accordingly as one or other of them has the opportunity; for the nobles, seeing they cannot withstand the people, begin to cry up the reputation of one of themselves, and they make him a prince, so that under his shadow they can give vent to their ambitions. The people, finding they cannot resist the nobles, also cry up the reputation of one of themselves, and make him a prince so as to be defended by his authority.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Por otro lado, aquí se inicia el proceso de personificación del Estado que más tarde desarrollará Hobbes: el Estado representa los intereses del todo y, en aras de la preservación de los mismos, emite normas para regular las acciones externas entre los individuos que interactúan socialmente.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Ksi??? powinien, skoro ma po temu sposobno??, podsyca? zr?cznie jak?? nieprzyja?? przeciwko sobie, aby sta? si? jeszcze wi?kszym przez jej zgniecenie.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Hay tres modos de conservar un Estado que, antes de ser adquirido, estaba acostumbrado a regirse por sus propias leyes y a vivir en libertad: primero, destruirlo., después, radicarse en él; por último, dejarlo regir por sus leyes, obligarlo a pagar un tributo y establecer un gobierno compuesto por un corto número de personas, para que se encargue de velar por la conquista.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Ksi???ta, szczególnie zaÅ› nowi, znajdowali wiÄ™cej wiernoÅ›ci i wiÄ™cej mieli po?ytku z tych ludzi, których na poczÄ…tku swych rzÄ…dów uwa?ali za podejrzanych
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
ALL STATES, ALL POWERS, THAT HAVE HELD AND HOLD RULE OVER MEN HAVE been and are either republics or principalities.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
WidzÄ™ w nim (losie) podobieÅ"stwo do rwÄ…cej rzeki, która gdy wyleje, zatapia równiny, przewraca drzewa i domy [...], ka?dy ustÄ™puje przed jej wÅ›ciekÅ'oÅ›ciÄ…, nie mogÄ…c siÄ™ jej oprze?. Lecz chocia? takÄ… jest rzeka, nie znaczy, ?eby ludzie, gdy spokój powróci, nie mogli zabezpieczy? siÄ™ groblami i tamami.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Let us enjoy the benefits of the time—but rather the benefits of their own valour and prudence, for time drives everything before it, and is able to bring with it good as well as evil, and evil as well as good.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Bisognava che Ciro trovassi e' Persi malcontenti dello imperio de' Medi, e li Medi molli et effeminati per la lunga pace.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Por eso hay que concluir que los buenos consejos, vengan de quien vengan, han de nacer de la prudencia del príncipe, y no la prudencia del príncipe de los buenos consejos.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Quelli li quali per vie virtuose, simili a costoro, diventono principi, acquistono el principato con difficultà, ma con facilità lo tengano;
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
es un defecto común entre los hombres no tener en cuenta la tempestad cuando el mar está en calma)
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
porque nunca hay que dejarse caer creyendo que vas a encontrar a alguien que te recoja. Esto o no sucede o, si sucede, pierdes tu seguridad, porque ese tipo de defensa es vil y no depende de ti. Sólo son buenas, seguras y duraderas las defensas que dependen de ti mismo y de tu virtud.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Dove c'è una grande volontà non possono esserci grandi difficoltà.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli