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Small: There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to rema
"There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing"
Giacomo Leopardi, Poet
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Small: Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven
"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven"
Aulus Persius Flaccus, Poet
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Small: If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, th
"If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behind?"
Maria Montessori, Educator
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Small: The child has a hundred languages - and a hundred hundred hundred more - but they steal ninety-nine. The schoo
Loris Malaguzzi
"The child has a hundred languages – and a hundred hundred hundred more – but they steal ninety-nine. The school and the culture separate the head from the body"
Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher
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Small: Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have
Loris Malaguzzi
"Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before"
Loris Malaguzzi, Teacher
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Small: The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who a
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Politics have no relation to morals
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Politics have no relation to morals"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived
Niccolo Machiavelli
"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, t
Niccolo Machiavelli
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt
Niccolo Machiavelli
"There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others
Niccolo Machiavelli
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what othe
Niccolo Machiavelli
"There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are a
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it
Niccolo Machiavelli
"The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others
Niccolo Machiavelli
"One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution
Niccolo Machiavelli
"No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Never was anything great achieved without danger
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Never was anything great achieved without danger"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have asp
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heav
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they att
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but i
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find an
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both
Niccolo Machiavelli
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Im not interested in preserving the status quo I want to overthrow it
Niccolo Machiavelli
"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroye
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to
Niccolo Machiavelli
"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Benefits should be conferred gradually and in that way they will taste better
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: Before all else, be armed
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Before all else, be armed"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests
Niccolo Machiavelli
"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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Small: A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise
Niccolo Machiavelli
"A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise"
Niccolo Machiavelli, Writer
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