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There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Hope
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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

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Men
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To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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If you live long enough, youll see that every victory turns into a defeat. – Simone de Beauvoir

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