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The Renaissance3 quotes
It is much safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1527This leads to a debate: is it better to be loved than feared, or the reverse? The answer is that it is desirable to be both, but because it is difficult to join them together, it is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved, if he is to fail in one of the two. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. — William Shakespeare · 1597Classical antiquity1 quote
Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks. — Homer · 700 BCColonial America1 quote
He that cannot obey, cannot command. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734New Testament Era1 quote
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. — Jesus · 60