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Men Are More Ready To Offend One Who Desires To Be Beloved Than One Who Wishes To Be Feared.

Though Fraud In All Other Actions Be Odious, Yet In Matters Of War It Is Laudable And Glorious, And He Who Overcomes His Enemies By Stratagem Is As Much To Be Praised As He Who Overcomes Them By Force.

Men As A Whole Judge More With Their Eyes Than With Their Hands.

A Prince Is Also Respected When He Is A True Friend And A True Enemy; That Is, When He Declares Himself On The Side Of One Prince Against Another Without Any Reservation.

It Is A Common Failing Of Man Not To Take Account Of Tempests During Fair Weather.