"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked."
― Niccolo Machiavelli
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Men
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- "Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."
- "Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."
- "To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people."
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- "When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view."― Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- "It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."― Niccolo Machiavelli
- "Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."― William Shakespeare