"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear." ― Niccolo Machiavelli Topic(s): Men Tags: offending, shrink More From Niccolo Machiavelli "Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times." "The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." "It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope." More In Men "Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend."― Walter Savage Landor "Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it."― Benjamin Franklin "If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle."― Rita Mae Brown