“This is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous.” The Prince
When... in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests? Notes from Underground
“Not to extinguish our free will, I hold it to be true that Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but that she still leaves us to direct the other half.” The Prince
There is a limit to the time assigned you, and if you don't use it to free yourself it will be gone and never return. Book II
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