"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 "There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless." "Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil." "War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms." More In Men "In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise."― Ralph Waldo Emerson "Law describes the way things would work if men were angels."― Christopher Dawson "When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?"― Sitting Bull