"To give vent now and then to his……" — Francesco Guicciardini
"To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart."
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Francesco Guicciardini
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24 Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini
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Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.
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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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More Discontent Quotes
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
— Teresa of Avila
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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too…
— Scott Adams
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Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed…
— Noam Chomsky
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For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough…
— B R Ambedkar
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Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men…
— Susan B. Anthony
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The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is…
— Rachel Field
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Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there…
— Myron Allen
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Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
— Eric Hoffer
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Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.
— William Shakespeare
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
— Berthold Auerbach
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