Quote of Niccolo Machiavelli - Every one sees what you appear...

Biography - Niccolo Machiavelli:

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

Quote

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

to be

Translation

(French, German, Italian)

Tout le monde voit ce que vous semblez être, peu de gens savent réellement qui vous êtes.”
Nicolas Machiavel

Jeder sieht, was Du scheinst. Nur wenige fühlen, wie Du bist.”
Niccolo Machiavelli

Ognuno vede quel che tu pari, pochi sentono quel che tu sei.”

Quotes for "to be" or about being:

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
Michel de Montaigne - Essays

to be

To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Become who you are!”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

to be

I think, therefore I am.”
René Descartes - Discourse on the Method

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”
Epicurus

Only he who loves something is something; to be nothing and to love nothing are identical.”
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach

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Niccolo Machiavelli also said...

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

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

love

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince

Prudence

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

We do not suffer from things to which we are accustomed.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Art of War

habit

Where nature is lacking, work supplies.”
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Art of War

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