“It is better to be feared than loved.”
“It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli”
“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
“It's better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.”
“From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other, but because they are difficult to combine, it is far better to be loved than feared if you cannot be both.”