Quotes About Distrust

To govern more securely some Princes have disarmed their subjects...but by disarming, you at once give offence, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either by doubting their courage, or as doubting their fidelity, each of which imputations begets hatred against you.

Between an armed and an unarmed man no proportion holds, and it is contrary to reason to expect that the armed man should voluntarily submit to him who is unarmed, or that the unarmed man should stand secure among armed retainers. For with contempt on one side, and distrust on the other, it is impossible that men should work well together.

But by disarming, you at once give offence, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either as doubting their courage, or as doubting their fidelity, each of which imputations begets hatred against you.

In this way you have enemies in all those whom you have injured in seizing that principality, and you are not able to keep those friends who put you there because of your not being able to satisfy them in the way they expected, and you cannot take strong measures against them, feeling bound to them.

offence, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either as doubting their courage, or as doubting their fidelity, each of which imputations begets hatred against you.

Her zaman iyi olmaya çal??an biri, iyi olmayan çok say?da insan?n aras?nda bir y?k?nt? olmaya mahkumdur.

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?.

For a long time I have not said what I believed, nor do I ever believe what I say. And if sometimes I do happen to tell the truth, I hide it among so many lies that it is hard to find.

A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy.

Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?

I thought i saw something inside you ,something good... but i was very wrong

because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .

Trust people," he would tell me, "until they give you a reason not to. And then never turn your back.

Mumbai is not safe anymore.

Arbeloa said he was my friend, but I don't consider him my friend - maybe someone I know, but not my friend.

I think my generation is extremely cynical about love.

My generation feels it has been lied to a great deal.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

I am not naive or stupid enough to imagine that people are just going to look at my face and vote for me.

When you get to know someone, you find there's something nasty in their woodshed.

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

I don't trust anyone anymore," he said. "This is what the war has taught me, not to trust." He shifted his hands to grip the handles of the crutches and moved away.