Quotes by Machiavelli, Niccolo

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or >>

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. >>

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces. >>

Quotations about Judgment and Judges

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everythi >>

A Judge may be a farmer; but he is not to geld his own pigs. A Judge m >>

Every act is to be judged by the intention of the agent. >>

Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see, but only a few can test by feeling. Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are, and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.

Machiavelli, Niccolo