Francesco Sansovino Quotes

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Ambassadors are the eyes and ears of States.

Francesco Sansovino

That war is just which is necessary, and those arms are righteous wherein reposes no other hope save in the arms themselves.

Francesco Sansovino

Men have no greater enemy than excessive prosperity, for it destroys their mastery over themselves and makes them licentious and vicious, with a hankering after novelties destructive of their own well-being.

Francesco Sansovino