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Francesco Guicciardini Quotes

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 (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of 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.

Francesco Guicciardini (1965). “Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)”, p.54, University of Pennsylvania Press

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.

Francesco Guicciardini (1755). “The history of Italy: from the year 1490 to 1532”, p.40