Quotes by : Francesco Guicciardini

As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear the example of one we see abundantly rewarded....

To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from....

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

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.

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

To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from....

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....