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(1469 - 1527) Italian , and Verified "A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands." Source: The Prince "Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved." Source: The Prince "There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless." Source: The Prince "There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect." Source: The Prince "When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content." Source: The Prince "Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it." Source: Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy "No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution." Source: The Art of War "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." Source The Prince Attributed "Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge." Source: The Prince "He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss." "Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new."
Verified "A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands." Source: The Prince "Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved." Source: The Prince "There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless." Source: The Prince "There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect." Source: The Prince "When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content." Source: The Prince "Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it." Source: Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy "No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution." Source: The Art of War "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." Source The Prince Attributed "Upon this, one has to remark that men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge." Source: The Prince "He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss." "Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new."