FORTUNE is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall ; and again, it is sometimes like Sibylla's offer, which at first offereth the commodity at full, then consumeth part and part, and still holdeth up the price... The Maxims of Francis Guicciardini - Page 67by Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
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