The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. - Francesco Guicciardini
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
- Francesco Guicciardini
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways. - Francesco Guicciardini
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the … - Francesco Guicciardini
By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the …
...be more guided by hope than fear. - Francesco Guicciardini
...be more guided by hope than fear.
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. - Francesco Guicciardini
Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose. - Francesco Guicciardini
We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose.
Keep your eye fixed not so much on what they [people] ought in reason to do, as on what they are likely to do based on their disposition and habits. - Francesco Guicciardini
Keep your eye fixed not so much on what they [people] ought in reason to do, as on what they are likely to do based on their disposition and habits.
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
Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
Even though many people prove to be ungrateful, do not let that stop you from benefiting others-for not only is beneficence in itself a noble and alm… - Francesco Guicciardini
Even though many people prove to be ungrateful, do not let that stop you from benefiting others-for not only is beneficence in itself a noble and alm…
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