Wednesday, April 15, 2020

 

Change

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), History of Florence IV.10 (tr. Allan Gilbert):
Giovanni [de' Medici] answered that the duty of a wise and good citizen, as he believed, was not to change the familiar methods of the city, since there is nothing that offends men so much as to vary these; by such variation many are offended, and when many are discontented, every day one must fear some dangerous incident.

Al quale Giovanni rispose che l'uffizio d'un savio e buono cittadino credeva essere non alterare gli ordini consueti della sua città, non sendo cosa che offenda tanto gli uomini, quanto il variare quelli; perché conviene offendere molti, e dove molti restono mal contenti si può ogni giorno temere di qualche cattivo accidente.



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