How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.
Niccolo MachiavelliHalf of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?
Niccolo MachiavelliAlthough deceit is detestable in all other things, yet in the conduct of war it is laudable and honorable; and a commander who vanquishes an enemy by stratagem is equally praised with one who gains victory by force.
Niccolo Machiavelli