Machiavel Quotes

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. - Niccolo Machiavelli

When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you. - Niccolo Machiavelli

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. - Niccolo Machiavelli

What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian. - Mack McLarty

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. - Niccolo Machiavelli