From Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527), Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer of the Renaissance period, The Prince (1513):
There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.
From Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527), Italian political philosopher, historian, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright, The Prince (1513):
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.
From Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian Renaissance historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer, The Prince (1513):
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.
From Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, and writer, The Prince, (1513):
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.
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