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All those things [meaning works of art] have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honor of God but are likewise for my own remembrance. For fifty years, I have done nothing else but earn money and spend money; and it became clear that spending money gives me greater pleasure than earning it.

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There is in gardens a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called envy.

Cosimo de' Medici

Cosimo de' Medici

Cosimo de' Medici

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Born: April 10, 1389

Died: August 1, 1464 (aged 75)

Bio: Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici was an Italian banker and politician, the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.

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