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Niccolo Machiavelli

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Biography - Niccolo Machiavelli:

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

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.



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French
Il y a trois sortes d'esprit. Les uns entendent par eux-mêmes ; les autres comprennent tout ce qu'on leur montre ; et quelques uns n'entendent, ni par eux, ni par autrui. Les premiers sont excellents, les seconds sont bons, et les derniers inutiles.

German
Es gibt drei Arten der Intelligenz: die eine versteht alles von selber, die zweite vermag zu begreifen, was andere erkennen, und die dritte begreift weder von selber noch mit Hilfe anderer.




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Quotes for: to understand


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Quotes for: to understand


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.





Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.











Quotes for: intelligence


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Quotes about intelligence:


Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our mind by means of our language.





To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.





What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.





Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.











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Niccolo Machiavelli also said...


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





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.





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





Where nature is lacking, work supplies.





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





This is a common failing of mankind, never to anticipate a storm when the sea is calm.












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