To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.

Francesco Guicciardini
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  1. It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.

  2. Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.

  3. The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

  4. Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends never lose a chance to make them.

  5. 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.

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