Quote of Niccolo Machiavelli - Fortune only changes for those who...

Biography - Niccolo Machiavelli:

Italian diplomat, politician, philosopher, humanist and writer.
Born: 1469 - Died: 1527
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Fortune only changes for those who do not know how to conform to their times.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Note

"Princes who adapt their behaviour to a given situation are seldom unlucky and Fortune only changes for those who do not know how to conform to their times."

Translation

(French)

La fortune ne change que pour ceux qui ne savent pas se conformer au temps.

Nicolas Machiavel

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Change alone is the constant.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

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Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Bertolt Brecht /

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

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Quotes about time:

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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

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Time is a great master; it regulates things well.

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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

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Time is the moving image of eternity.

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Niccolo Machiavelli also said...

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

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There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.

Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince /

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.

Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince /

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Where nature is lacking, work supplies.

Niccolo Machiavelli - The Art of War /

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

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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 - The Prince /

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