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Authors
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian
Historian
About the author
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
Francesco Guicciardini,
Italian
Historian
#Succeed
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
Francesco Guicciardini,
Italian
Historian
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
Francesco Guicciardini,
Italian
Historian
#Chance
#Nothing
#Friends
#Worth
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Francesco Guicciardini,
Italian
Historian
#Actions
Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Francesco Guicciardini,
Italian
Historian
#Time
#Change
#Waste
#Causes
#Faces
#Complaints