Quote: Niccolò Machiavelli

There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.

A line from Machiavelli’s The Prince and The Discourses, The Modern Library translation. I must confess that I have not actually read the work; this is one of those quotes that get bandied around (misattributed or apocryphal, as often as not) to far more eyes and ears than its original context ever does. The curse and the blessing of memorable writing, I suppose.