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. The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous. . . It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. . . A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. . . Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. .
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3. It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
4. A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
5. Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
6. Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
7. If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.