 ... men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.  Mission Accomplished - Page 115by Patrick Johnston - 2006 - 132 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Peter Corbin, Douglas Sedge - Drama - 1986 - 276 pages
...able to disguise this character [faithlessness] well and to be a great feigner and dissembler: and" men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities...always find those who allow themselves to be deceived' (p. 78). 40. close] secret. 41. routs] disorderly or disreputable crowds of people. 56. train] plot.... | |
 | James E. Hennessy, Suki Robins - Business & Economics - 1991 - 330 pages
...necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler; and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities,...always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. . . . Everybody sees what you appear to be, few feel what you are, and those few will not dare to oppose... | |
 | Renaissance Society of America - History - 1993 - 196 pages
...necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler; and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities,...always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. I will only mention one modern instance. [Pope] Alexander VI 1 did nothing else but deceive men, he... | |
 | Ivan L. Preston - Advertising - 1994 - 244 pages
...you feel like doing nothing, remember the following words from that master manipulator Machiavelli, "One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived." Another famous essayist, Montaigne, added this: "Easily does the world deceive itself in things it... | |
 | Martin Coyle - Literary Collections - 1995 - 228 pages
...and would not observe their faith with you (chapter XVIII); men are so simple and so ready to obey necessities that one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived (chapter XVIII); men in general judge more by the eyes than by the hands, that is, men see appearances... | |
 | Peter Loptson - Philosophy - 1998 - 588 pages
...necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler; and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities,...always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. I will only mention one modern instance. Alexander VI did nothing else but deceive men, he thought... | |
 | Stephen J. Spignesi - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 388 pages
...depend on yourself and your own vigor." • "Hate is gained through good deeds as well as bad ones." • "One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived." The painfully pragmatic philosophical principle running throughout The Prince is that the good of the... | |
 | 穆凤良 - 2003 - 218 pages
...necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler, and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that the one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. 44. In ancient times... | |
 | James P. Pfiffner - Political Science - 2003 - 230 pages
...The Wars of Watergate (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990), p. 619. Chapter 3. Serious Presidential Lies "Men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities,...always find those who allow themselves to be deceived." Niccolo Machiavelli Source: Quoted in Sissela Bok, Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (New... | |
 | Kevin Phillips - History - 2004 - 414 pages
...necessary to be able to disguise this character well, and to be a great feigner and dissembler; and men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities...will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."5 In short, "the experience of our times shows those princes to have done good things who... | |
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