Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.

Where the lion's skin will not reach, you must patch it out with the fox's.

A fox in its hour—bow to it.

Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".

The Fox knows many things-the hedgehog one big one.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.

If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.

3. There are bears and there are small dogs. Be strong like bear! If they take out your teeth, sit on the dogs. Bears always forget they can just sit on the dogs. Sit on the dogs.

The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger.

When a lion meets another with a louder roar, the first lion thinks the last a bore.

Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear you.

Let every lion do his duty.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

I may be personable, but I assure you I am a lion.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking.

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when man descends to cunning he blunders and betrays.