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Francesco Guicciardini Quotes


An Italian historian and statesman. 
Francesco Guicciardini (March 6, 1483 – May 22, 1540) was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance. Guicciardini is considered as the Father of Modern History, due to his use of government documents to verify his "History of Italy." He was the uncle of Lodovico Guicciardini who wrote a description of the Low Countries in 1567.

Here are some famous quotes by Francesco Guicciardini.

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.