Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

Better take counsel early than repent late.

The wise man is seldom prudent.

Forethought spares afterthought.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Foreknowledge is power.

Any plan is better than no plan.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

It pays to be prepared.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Precaution is better than cure.

It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.