12 ideas
18946 | Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer] |
7127 | If men are good you should keep promises, but they aren't, so you needn't [Machiavelli] |
20482 | Virtue inspires Stoics, but I want a good temperament [Montaigne] |
20480 | There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life [Montaigne] |
6309 | The principle foundations of all states are good laws and good armies [Machiavelli] |
6306 | People are vengeful, so be generous to them, or destroy them [Machiavelli] |
6305 | To retain a conquered state, wipe out the ruling family, and preserve everything else [Machiavelli] |
6308 | A sensible conqueror does all his harmful deeds immediately, because people soon forget [Machiavelli] |
20481 | Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority [Montaigne] |
6307 | A desire to conquer, and men who do it, are always praised, or not blamed [Machiavelli] |
20479 | People at home care far more than soldiers risking death about the outcome of wars [Montaigne] |
7486 | Machiavelli emancipated politics from religion [Machiavelli, by Watson] |