Other Quotes

These are the quotes from other authors and sources used in this book, but not those from Niccolo Machiavelli. Quotes from Machiavelli are displayed on another page. In the book, quotations from The Prince are shown entirely in bold.

“For when the authority of princes is made but an accessory to a cause, and there be other bands that tie faster than the bond of sovereignty, kings begin to be put almost out of possession.”

“The wisest princes need not think it any diminution to their greatness, or derogation to their sufficiency to rely upon counsel.”

“It is true that in government it is good to use men of one rank equally; for to countenance some extraordinarily is to make them insolent, and the rest discontent, because they may claim a due.”

“Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels.”

“When the lion fawns upon the lamb,
The lamb will never cease to follow him.”

“Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly–and lo! the Bird is on the Wing.”

“It is easier to deal with a bad conscience than a bad reputation.”