"We fight to great disadvantage when we fight……" — Francesco Guicciardini
"We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose."
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Francesco Guicciardini
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24 Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini
Francesco Guicciardini has 24 quotes on this site.
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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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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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The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form…
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Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems…
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
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Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a…
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step…
— W. Clement Stone
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It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is…
— Victor Niederhoffer
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Every disadvantage has its advantage.
— Johan Cruijff
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It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches…
— Isabella Beeton
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A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps,…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples…
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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal,…
— Sun Tzu
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Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what…
— Edsger Dijkstra
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One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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