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Before all else, be armed.

- Niccolo Machiavelli
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If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

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

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

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