Quotes by Machiavelli, Niccolo

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others. >>

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their pat >>

States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that >>

Quotations about Intelligence and Intellectuals

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. >>

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell m >>

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning >>

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Machiavelli, Niccolo