Giovanni Francesco Lottini Quotes

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There is nothing which so calls for men's closest attention, and so seldom pardons a mistake, however small, as war.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

He who has powerful enemies should, for his own protection and their undoing, firmly believe two things, apparently contradictory; first that they are both bold and prudent, and secondly that with all their prudence they are capable of making mistakes.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

There is no difference between the noble and the shopkeeper, while they are asleep.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

Writers who depreciate are much more attentively read than those who flatter.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

It is just as harmful to pluck an opportunity too green, as to leave it till it is over-ripe.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

Having good laws comes, as the proverb says, from having bad habits.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

Every State, as has been said, should desire peace, and should manifest that desire both in word and action, but with all that, in her military preparations she should show herself warlike, for peace unarmed is a feeble thing.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini

The stronger his fortresses, the more assiduous must the prince be in protecting them, for on no side does he incur greater risk than on that where he seems most secure.

Giovanni Francesco Lottini