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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave 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. - Quote by Francesco Guicciardini

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.

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