1 And further, I consider that a prince ought to cherish the nobles, but not so as to make himself hated by the people.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ... 2 And a prince should guard himself, above all things, against being despised and hated; and liberality leads you to both.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS 3 Therefore, it would have been safer for her, both then and before, not to have been hated by the people than to have had the fortresses.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 4 He became hated by the whole world, and also feared by those he had around him, to such an extent that he was murdered in the midst of his army by a centurion.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ... 5 It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ... 6 All these things considered then, I shall praise him who builds fortresses as well as him who does not, and I shall blame whoever, trusting in them, cares little about being hated by the people.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 7 And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so, and so become either poor or despised, or else, in avoiding poverty, rapacious and hated.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS 8 Which course was necessary, because, as princes cannot help being hated by someone, they ought, in the first place, to avoid being hated by every one, and when they cannot compass this, they ought to endeavour with the utmost diligence to avoid the hatred of the most powerful.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ... 9 Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated, which will always be as long as he abstains from the property of his citizens and subjects and from their women.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND ... 10 But concerning his subjects, when affairs outside are disturbed he has only to fear that they will conspire secretly, from which a prince can easily secure himself by avoiding being hated and despised, and by keeping the people satisfied with him, which it is most necessary for him to accomplish, as I said above at length.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ... 11 And one of the most efficacious remedies that a prince can have against conspiracies is not to be hated and despised by the people, for he who conspires against a prince always expects to please them by his removal; but when the conspirator can only look forward to offending them, he will not have the courage to take such a course, for the difficulties that confront a conspirator are infinite.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ...