Niccolo Machiavelli

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Niccolo Machiavelli

The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The first way to lose a state is to neglect the art of war; the first way to gain a state is to be skilled in the art of war.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Niccolo Machiavelli

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.

Niccolo Machiavelli

A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.

Niccolo Machiavelli