Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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- No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
- One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
- Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
- A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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