“For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Tag: Quote of the Day
04NOV2018 – Quote of the Day
“But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
03NOV2018 – Quote of the Day
“The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
02NOV2018 – Quote of the Day
“Men walk almost always in the paths trodden by others, proceeding in their actions by imitation.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
01NOV2018 – Quote of the Day
“Men ought either to be well treated, or crushed.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
31OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges to found a Republic and establish laws in it, to presuppose that all men are bad and that they will use their malignity of mind every time they have the opportunity.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Wow, that’s bleak. But true.
30OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
29OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. You are capable of – do you want to know? – you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. But you do not wish to know about it, isn’t that so? You would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: ‘No, this I cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.”
Soren Kierkegaard
28OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“Confidence is the present tense of hope.”
Soren Kierkegaard
27OCT2018 – Quote of the Day
“If you think you understand, it isn’t God.”
Soren Kierkegaard