Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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| Birth: | 6th March, 1483 |
| Death: | 22nd May, 1540 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Historian, Statesman |
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Francesco Guicciardini was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance. In his masterpiece, The History of Italy, Guicciardini paved the way for a new style in historiography, with his use of government sources to support arguments and the realistic analysis of the people and events of his time.
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