Niccolò Machiavelli
Biography
Quotes
- And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.
- No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
- One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
