Francesco Guicciardini Quotes

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

Francesco Guicciardini

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• As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be.

  

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• It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.

  

  Barbara Kruger
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• My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

  

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• When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

  

  Lars von Trier
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• I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.

  

  Victor Webster
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• Research indicates that employees have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.

  

  Vince Gill
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• Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Good
  • Great
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• Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, but I don't know. I don't want to use. I don't want to go back to that place because nothing good came of it. It was super dark; it's not nice.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • Good
  • Want
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• Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Good
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• God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.

  

  Garrett Fort
  • Great
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• I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Humor

• I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.

  

  Walter Mosley
  • Good
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• Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

  

  E. L. James
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• Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
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• The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

  

  Pat Burns
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• It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Light
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• I really like playing good guys, of course. Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys, but I don't have that problem, anyway.

  

  Lance Henriksen
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• The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

  

  Gautama Buddha
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• Veniano sospirando, e gli occhi bassiParean tener d'ogni baldanza privi.

  

  Ludovico Ariosto

• The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled.

  

  Charlotte Mary Yonge
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• Often, architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It's like we're actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our parts at the same time in our own private languages without an audience.

  

  David Chipperfield
  • Time
  • Work
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• He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short.

  

  Francesco Guicciardini
  • Good
  • Evil
  • Example