Machiavelli’s Advice For Nice Guys

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“Our assessment of politicians is torn between hope and disappointment. On the one hand, we have an idealistic idea that a politician should be an upright hero, a man or woman who can breathe new moral life into the corrupt workings of the state. However, we are also regularly catapulted into cynicism when we realise the number of backroom deals and the extent of the lying that politicians go in for. We seem torn between our idealistic hopes and our pessimistic fears about the evil underbelly of politics...”

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[tangbein]

"If you're harmless, you're not virtuous you're just harmless. If you on the other hand have the capacity to be a monster, but you choose not to be - then you're virtuous."
- Kermit the frog

[TheSmthers]

"Don't be a simp" - Niccolo Machiavelli

[pietro]

Everyone quote the "it's better to be feared than loved" without quoting the complete sentence wich is: "It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both, but avoid being hated at all costs".

[dpeters]

There's nothing wrong with being a nice person. Not being able to stand up for yourself and not setting boundaries when someone treats you badly is wrong.

[xXxtroublebehindxXx]

Being nice or having principles does not make you weak. Not knowing what to do when people take advantage of your principles does.

[WImob]

“Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me,  weak is not what you are going to remember about me.” -Al Capone

[shivargvfilm]

"we are all ultimately the sum of what we achieve not what we intend this hits me like a blow

[ayanbhattacharjee]

" Act nice, make your enemies think you are weak and then strike like a lightning bolt" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[art-p]

"i can't think of any quotes, sorry"
-me

[thebeastwithin]

“While it is pleasant to meet girl in park, it may be more pleasurable to park meat in girl.”
-Confucius

[lowbottomy_]

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche

[mitfreude]

"Its better to be feared than loved but avoid being hated at all cost." this is the best advice I heard in my life..

[ymkzzeh]

"Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave"
-Skipper

[razitum]

"If people throw stones at you, throw bread instead - with a grenade inside, of course."
- Fidel Gandhi

[steinarbjerke]

I'm nice, but not stupid. You will struggle to take advantage of me!
I'm proud to be calm, honest and with integrity.
Bless ur hearts Friends

[theu]

The main issue being, kindness is a luxury only the strong can afford. If you are not strong, you are also not being kind, because you have no other option.

[ssssSTopmotion]

"You're a disappointment"

-dad

[marshiii]

"I'm stuck"

-stepsister

[alexxx]

_"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."_
— *Marcus Aurelius*

[BWGPT]

The world is lucky that I am quite content with my life 😊