Francesco Guicciardini Quote

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.


Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini (ed. 1890)


The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see...

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see...

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see...

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see...