To be feared is much safer then to be loved.

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Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does.

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Hatred may be engendered by good deeds as well as bad ones.

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One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves.

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When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content.

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Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

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People are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.

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We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

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Is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force.

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Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

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