Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
About Francesco Guicciardini
Francesco Guicciardiniwas an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolo Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
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Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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