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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either pr

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Prudence
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Business
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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good
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I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. – Norman Brown

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The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. – Leo Tolstoy

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Property

Seeing is believing, and if an American success is to count for anything in the world it must be clothed in the raiment of property. As often as not it isnt the money itself that means anything; it is the use of money as the currency of the soul. – Lewis H. Lapham

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By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression. – Sigmund Freud

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The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. – Isadora Duncan

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I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes. – Sara Teasdale, “The Philosopher”

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