Someone had a quote of him in their sig. What was it?
I never saw it.
What? This old thing?
I thought it was Epic…
Originally posted by Sinistral
Someone had a quote of him in their sig. What was it?
I did.
I believe it was this one, although I could be wrong:
“Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved. . . . Love endures by a bond which men, being scoundrels, may break whenever it serves their advantage to do so; but fear is supported by the dread of pain, which is ever present.”
Yes . thank you!
Machiavelli pwns.
Originally posted by Valkyrie Esker
Nah, I’m self quoted.
And as such, the one in government must be like the lion at most times to be feared. Machi ruled. I would like to have him as a sociology teacher in the Limbo.
Originally posted by Pierson
Machiavelli pwns.
I wouldn’t say that. Its interesting, but his views kinda disgust me. Of course, they were normal for the time- so I really can’t hold it too much against him. I do not think that Machiavelli can be applied to politics nowadays positively, unless it is to show what NOT to do. 