Quotes by Machiavelli, Niccolo

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. >>

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

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a ne >>

Quotations about Prudence

Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent. >>

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. >>

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. >>

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

Machiavelli, Niccolo