1 This famous Prussian neutrality is just a trap.
2 Thus it will always happen that he who is not your friend will demand your neutrality, whilst he who is your friend will entreat you to declare yourself with arms.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T... 3 Pope Leo, however, did not fall in with the wishes of Francis, being, it is said, persuaded by his advisers that his best course was to stand neutral.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXII. 4 He sent envoys to the Achaeans, who were friends of the Romans, exhorting them to remain neutral; and on the other hand the Romans urged them to take up arms.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T... 5 This question came to be discussed in the council of the Achaeans, where the legate of Antiochus urged them to stand neutral.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T... 6 And irresolute princes, to avoid present dangers, generally follow the neutral path, and are generally ruined.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T... 7 I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.
8 The Vannis' tent brought the town boys and the country girls together on neutral ground.
9 A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's cause and the Doctor remained neutral.
10 He had reached the neutral ground upon the outskirts of the town, which was neither town nor country, and yet was either spoiled, when his ears were invaded by the sound of music.
11 In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under a full illumination blazes with dazzling splendour.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion 12 "Yes, he has," said Clym in a neutral tone.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin 13 It was necessary to find some neutral ground on which an exchange could be made, and then to try and land these goods on the coast of France.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 22. The Smugglers. 14 Nothing then was altered in the plan, and orders were given to get under weigh next night, and, wind and weather permitting, to make the neutral island by the following day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 22. The Smugglers. 15 The guillotine is the concretion of the law; it is called vindicte; it is not neutral, and it does not permit you to remain neutral.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS