Favorite Sentence
-How praiseworthy is it for a prince to keep his word and live with integrity rather than by craftiness, everyone understands; yet we see from recent experience that those princes have accomplished most who paid little heed to keeping their promises, but who knew how craftily to manipulate the minds of men.

Liberality-the quality or state of being liberal;liberal dispostion or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice;generosity;candor; charity

Stinginess- the quality or state of being stingy. Machiavelli describes "stingy" as one who clings to his own

Cruelty-1. a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering.2.feelings of extreme heartlessness. 3.the quality of being cruel and causing great annoyance.

Clemency- dispostion to forgive and spare, as offenders, mildness of temper;gentleness;tenderness;mercy

Integrity- the state or quality of being entire or complete;wholeness;entireness;unbroken state;as the integrity of an empire or territory

Miser- One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money

Prominent- Immediately noticeable; conspicuous; widey known

Feeble- Lacking strength; weak

Effeminate- Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement

Chaste- Morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest

Rapacious- Taking by force; plundering

Top 3 Essays
1.Niccolo Machiavelli " The Prince"
2. Karl Marx " Communist Manifesto"
3.Thomas Jefferson " The Declaration of Independence"

CHOICE OF ESSAY- THE PRINCE- NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Main Ideas and Themes
-Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great numbers who are not good
-How praiseworthy is it for a prince to keep his word and live with integrity rather than by craftiness, everyone understands; yet we see from recent experience that those princes have accomplished most who paid little heed to keeping their promises, but who knew how craftily to manipulate the minds of men
-You can always be a more generous giver when what you are giving is not yours.
-Every prince should prefer to be considered merciful rather than cruel,yet he should be careful not to mismanage this clemency of his.
-Here the question arises:is it better to be loved than feared, or vice versa? I don't doubt that every prince would like to be both; but since it is hard to accomodate these qualities, if you have to make a choice, to be feared is much safer than to be loved.For it is a good general rule aout men, that they are ungrateful,fickle,liars and deceivers, fearful of danger and greedy for gain.While you serve their welfare they are all yours, offering their blood, their belongings, and their lives. But when danger is close at hand, they turn against you.
-The masses are always impressed by the superficial appearance of things, and by the outcome of an enterprise, and the world consists of nothing but the masses