Author: Francesco Guicciardini

Quotes

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

- Francesco Guicciardini

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.

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

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.

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

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

- Francesco Guicciardini

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

- Francesco Guicciardini

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