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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would b

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Faith is putting all your eggs in God’s basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch. – Ramona C. Carroll

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For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike. – Hesiod

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There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion – Mormonism – has something way on the side thats completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion. – Patrick Wilson

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Choose your friends with caution plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. – Thomas S. Monson

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