"One who imitates what is bad always goes……" — 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."
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Francesco Guicciardini
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24 Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini
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Experience has always shown, and reason also, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.
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We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose.
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He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates…
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...be more guided by hope than fear.
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Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame…
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Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.
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Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him…
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It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make…
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There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.
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I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood,…
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If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get…
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