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We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him.
To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.
I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.
Who will be my equal?
Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.
I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.
To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings.
[Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]
Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
Never write a letter and never destroy one.
I was excellent. Everybody loved me. I love myself, and I like bums.
When people are too comfortable, it is not possible to restrain them within the bounds of their duty? They may be compared to mules who, being accustomed to burdens, are spoilt by rest rather than labour.
Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.
Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.
