![IMAGE: Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is much [far] safer to be feared than (to be) loved.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/niccolo-macchiavelli-165412_640_lion-116601_640.jpg)
愛と恐れがめったに共存し得ないものである以上、そのどちらかを選ばねばならぬとすれば、愛されるより恐れられるほうがよほど安全なのだ。 - ニコロ・マキアヴェリ［ニッコロ・マキャヴェッリ］ (1469 - 1527): 『君主論』
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Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is much [far] safer to be feared than (to be) loved. - Niccolo di Bernardo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527): The Prince [Il Principe]
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.] / Opportunity seldom knocks twice.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tea-680540_640-100x67.jpg)
