“Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not forget, but will think the offence to himself the greater in that another profits by it; while he who receives the pleasure will either not remember it, or will consider the favour done him less than it really was.” ThinkingMenNeedsDoneRememberForgetPleasureGreaterEqualProfitCarefulOccasionsOne ManBe CarefulFavourOffenceDispleasureSlighted Book:Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini Source: Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini
“If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.” IfsHas BeensDoneFactsCertainEasyImpossibleFailingAccomplishRight Time Book:Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi) Source: Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi)
