... He who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those w… - Niccolò Machiavelli

...the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.

For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.

The innovator makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old order, and only lukewarm support is forthcoming from those who would prosper under the new.

He who causes another to become powerful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by force, and both of these elements are suspects to the one whom he has made powerful.

... The armour of others is too wide, or too strait for us; it falls off us, or it weighs us down.

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.