All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?

A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.

He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.

One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.

With difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony