Цитаты из книги автора Niccolò Machiavelli The Prince

you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself."

he who is the cause of an­other be­com­ing power­ful is ruined; be­cause that pre­dom­in­ancy has been brought about either by as­tute­ness or else by force, and both are dis­trus­ted by him who has been raised to power.

one change al­ways leaves the tooth­ing for an­other.

Francesco Sforza

Lorenzo Di Piero De’ Medici

the Duke of Fer­rara

This will turn out well for you, but it is ne­ces­sary for you to study; since, then, you have no longer the ex­cuse of ill­ness, take pains to study let­ters and mu­sic, for you see what hon­our is done to me for the little skill I have.

their chief aim was to ap­pear well dressed and to speak with wit and acute­ness, whilst he

There­fore, my son, if you wish to please me, and to bring suc­cess and hon­our to your­self, do right and study, be­cause oth­ers will help you if you help your­self.”

who could wound oth­ers the most clev­erly was thought the wisest.”