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

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

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

- 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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