The History of Italy Quotes

“But the elimination of causes does not always eliminate the effects which have had their origin in those causes. Because, as often happens, resolutions taken out of fear appear to the fearful as inadequate to their peril.6”
― Francesco Guicciardini, The History of Italy

“Ferdinando [King of Naples] resolv’d, in good Earnest, to try how to compromise the Affair of the Castles; being persuaded, that that when this Obstacle was remov'd, Matters would easily return into the fame peaceable Channel. But by removing the Causes, the Effects that sprung from them are not always remov'd. For, as it frequently happens, that Resolutions taken out of Fear seldom appear sufficient to the Fearful.”
― Francesco Guicciardini, The History of Italy