Quotes by Niccoló Machiavelli

Politics have no relation to morals.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.