Example sentences for: machiavelli

How can you use “machiavelli” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (The Brothers Grimm and A. A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh , dabble in that line of work too, but their output is noncompetitive--only one book to Machiavelli's and Shakespeare's several each.)

  • Shocking as it may seem, Whitehead actually plagiarized the title of his major work, Principia Mathematica, from Newton, whose major work was also entitled Principia Mathematica . Newton, however, plagiarized his title from Machiavelli, whose major work, II Principe Mathematice , laid the groundwork for all future studies in quantitative political science.

  • And, as for the type of respect we seek: Machiavelli's advice--that it is better to be feared than loved--will make much less sense in the 21 st century than it did in the 16 th . Goodwill toward America is becoming a national-security asset worth cultivating.

  • She could even see the headlines: "Machiavelli's Secret Health Crisis!"

  • Machiavelli or Trotsky could not have scripted it better.


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