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"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."
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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
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"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."

"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."
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"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all."

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred."

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

"Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more."

"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."

"Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself."

"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
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