Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini

“Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.”

“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.”

“Never wage war on religion, nor upon seemingly holy institutions, for this thing has too great a force upon the minds of fools”

“Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.”

“One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.”

“Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.”

It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends never lose a chance to make them.

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set on the contrary he who imitates what is good always falls short.

As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sight of many who have not been well treated disquiets us.

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.

To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.