All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger…

Niccolo Machiavelli
255 citations
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. ✨ The Prince. Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, chapter III: Of Mixed Princedoms, 1513.
Reading
23

More Author Quotes

The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold. ✨ Should We Spill Blood Over Oil? by Laurence W. Beilenso … ▶
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). The Prince, p.52, Knickerbocker … ▶
You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often insufficient, … ▶
You must never believe that the enemy does not know how to conduct his own affairs. Indeed, if you want to be deceived less and want to bear less danger, the more the enemy is weak or the less the en … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes