“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
– Niccolò Machiavelli
“Men
are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs,
that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be
deceived.”
– Niccolò Machiavelli
“The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.”
– Niccolò Machiavelli
