It is much safer to be feared than loved because... love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.


The Prince (1513)

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

It is much safer to be feared than loved because... love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at...

It is much safer to be feared than loved because... love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at...

It is much safer to be feared than loved because... love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at...

It is much safer to be feared than loved because... love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at...