Francesco Guicciardini · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 327
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Plans that are wise and prudent in themselves are rendered vain when the execution of them is carried on negligently and with imprudence.Francesco Guicciardini · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 327
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From things which have been obtained after having been long desired men almost never derive the pleasure and delight which they had anticipated.Francesco Guicciardini · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 392
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It is easy to lose important opportunities, and difficult to regain them; therefore when they present themselves it is the more necessary to make every effort to retain them.Francesco Guicciardini · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 420
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Experience has always shown, and reason shows, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.Francesco Guicciardini · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 437
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