Maxioms by Niccolo Machiavelli
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good read more
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms - you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him read more
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more
Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.
