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“In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not have been accepted by the people; for there are many good laws, the importance of which is known to be the sa”
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“Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals”
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“It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope”
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“For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are”
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“There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt”
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“There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.”
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“Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.”
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“The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.”
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“And here comes in the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both; but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved....I sum up by saying that since his being loved depends upon his subjects, while his being feared depends upon himself, [one] should build on what is his own, and not on what rests with others.”
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“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.”
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“A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.”
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