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Keep Your Eye Fixed Not So Much On What They [people] Ought In Reason To Do, As On What They Are Likely To Do Based On Their Disposition And Habits.

-Francesco Guicciardini

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Keep Your Eye Fixed Not So Much

Francesco Guicciardini

Keep Your Eye Fixed Not So Much On What They [people] Ought In Reason To Do, As On What They Are Likely To Do Based On Their Disposition And Habits.

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