Machiavellic Kindness

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“When fortune desires great things to be done, it works competently in choosing a man of great genius (…).”

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“(…) the things of the world are directed by fortune and by God, so that human prudence cannot correct them (…).”

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“(…) he who is concerned with what should be done instead of what is done, learns his own ruin rather than how to preserve himself; (…).”

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“There is such a difference between the way one lives and the way one should live (…).”

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You cannot have as friends those who put you there, because they cannot be satisfied as they wished.

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“The little prudence of men (…) does not perceive the hidden poison in things that seem good to them at first.”

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“…the weapons of others either fall on your back, or weigh you down, or suffocate you.”

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Those who draw the contours of countries set out on the plains to learn the nature of the mountains.

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“The people (…) seeing that they will not resist the great ones, give reputation to a citizen and elect him (…) to defend themselves under his authority.”

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[The] “weakness arises . . . from human unbelief, which does not believe the truth of new things until after firm experience.”

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I have not found, among my possessions, anything that is dearer to me, (…) than the knowledge of the actions of great men.

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“A prudent man must . . . choose the paths taken by great men and imitate them.”

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The desire for conquest is indeed a natural and common thing, and men who can satisfy it will always be praised and never reproached.

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(…) knowing in advance the evils, which only men with prudence are granted, they are quickly cured (…)

🔸 01/11/2022
Machiavelli did not exercise evil, he just observed facts and reached logical conclusions.