Francesco Guicciardini Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: March 6, 1483 - May 22, 1540
Birthday: March 6
Death: May 22
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.
source: Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”
topic: Wise, World, Shifting, Forecasts
