The Prince
Summary
Famous Quotes
The ends justify the means. - Niccolò Machiavelli
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. - Niccolò Machiavelli
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. - Niccolò Machiavelli
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolò Machiavelli
Chapters
Chapter 1 →
Chapter 2 - INTRODUCTION →
Chapter 3 - YOUTH — Æt. 1-25—1469-94 →
Chapter 4 - OFFICE — Æt. 25-43—1494-1512 →
Chapter 5 - LITERATURE AND DEATH — Æt. 43-58—1512-27 →
Chapter 6 - THE MAN AND HIS WORKS →
Chapter 7 - DEDICATION →
Chapter 8 - HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE, AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED →
Chapter 9 - CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES →
Chapter 10 - CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES →
Chapter 11 - WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH →
Chapter 12 - CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED →
Chapter 13 - CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY →
Chapter 14 - CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE →
Chapter 15 - CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS →
Chapter 16 - CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY →
Chapter 17 - CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED →
Chapter 18 - CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES →
Chapter 19 - HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES →
Chapter 20 - CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN →
Chapter 21 - THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR →
Chapter 22 - CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED →
Chapter 23 - CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS →
Chapter 24 - CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED →
Chapter 25 - CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH →
Chapter 26 - THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED →
Chapter 27 - ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT, ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL? →
Chapter 28 - HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN →
Chapter 29 - CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES →
Chapter 30 - HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED →
Chapter 31 - WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES →
Chapter 32 - WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER →
Chapter 33 - AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS →
Chapter 34 - VALENTINO WHEN MURDERING VITELLOZZO VITELLI, OLIVEROTTO DA FERMO, THE SIGNOR PAGOLO, AND THE DUKE DI GRAVINA ORSINI →
Chapter 35 - THE LIFE OF CASTRUCCIO CASTRACANI OF LUCCA →