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Niccolo Machiavelli

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

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



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Italian)



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

German
Jeder sieht, was Du scheinst. Nur wenige fühlen, wie Du bist.

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




See also 

See also...



Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.

To be is to be perceived or to perceive.

We discover in ourselves what others hide from us and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.

All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;




Quotes for: to be


Quotes

Quotes for "to be" or about being:


The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





To be, or not to be, that is the question.





Become who you are!





I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.





I think, therefore I am.





Language is the house of the truth of Being.











Quotes

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.





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





Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.





Where nature is lacking, work supplies.





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





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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