1 Here there is great valour in the limbs whilst it fails in the head.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 2 In conclusion, in mercenaries dastardy is most dangerous; in auxiliaries, valour.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, ... 3 Therefore it is necessary to be prepared with such arms, so that you can be defended against foreigners by Italian valour.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 4 Thus one year after he had committed this parricide, he was strangled, together with Vitellozzo, whom he had made his leader in valour and wickedness.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A ... 5 For if it had been defended by proper valour, as are Germany, Spain, and France, either this invasion would not have made the great changes it has made or it would not have come at all.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS ... 6 I conclude, therefore, that no principality is secure without having its own forces; on the contrary, it is entirely dependent on good fortune, not having the valour which in adversity would defend it.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, ... 7 So it happens with fortune, who shows her power where valour has not prepared to resist her, and thither she turns her forces where she knows that barriers and defences have not been raised to constrain her.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS ... 8 After these came all the other captains who till now have directed the arms of Italy; and the end of all their valour has been, that she has been overrun by Charles, robbed by Louis, ravaged by Ferdinand, and insulted by the Switzers.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND ... 9 This arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty, which, with his boundless valour, made him revered and terrible in the sight of his soldiers, but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND ... 10 This again either does not happen, or, if it does, it will not be for your security, because that deliverance is of no avail which does not depend upon yourself; those only are reliable, certain, and durable that depend on yourself and your valour.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR ... 11 But when it comes to armies they do not bear comparison, and this springs entirely from the insufficiency of the leaders, since those who are capable are not obedient, and each one seems to himself to know, there having never been any one so distinguished above the rest, either by valour or fortune, that others would yield to him.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 12 Because it would have been useless and dangerous for Pertinax and Alexander, being new princes, to imitate Marcus, who was heir to the principality; and likewise it would have been utterly destructive to Caracalla, Commodus, and Maximinus to have imitated Severus, they not having sufficient valour to enable them to tread in his footsteps.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ...