…people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded.
Tag: The Prince
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One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves.
Is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force.
We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.
So as a prince is forced to know how to act like a beast, he must learn from the fox and the lion; becouse the lion is defenceless against traps and the fox is defenceless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognise traps and lion
To be feared is much safer then to be loved.
He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.
Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.