Francesco Guicciardini quoteFrancesco Guicciardini [1483-1540]
Italian Historian 
Quote rank: 114
| Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in them that content which I had figured beforehand in my mind. A strong reason, if we well consider it, why we should disencumber ourselves of vain desires. |
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