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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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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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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith. – Fantasia Barrino

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In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions. – Emanuel Swedenborg

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Pray for intestinal fortitude, work hard, and keep the faith. Oh, and pray for good luck, youre gonna need it. – Jerry Reed

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One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isnt the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: thats the worst thing. And death is not, its not all its cracked up to be. Its not, its not the end of the world. – Gene Robinson

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It is very easy to love alone. – Gertrude Stein

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I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write. – Jeanette Winterson

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Laying out grounds… may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting…. it is to assist Nature in moving the affections… the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature… – William Wordsworth, letter to George Beaumont, 1805 October 17th [Author trivia:

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I dont like food thats too carefully arranged it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture Id buy a painting. – Andy Rooney

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