Francesco Guicciardini Quote

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.


Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini (ed. 1890)


Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always...

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always...

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always...

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always...