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Cosimo de' Medici
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“We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.”
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) said by 1464 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence, in Apothegms by Francis Bacon, (1624) No. 206
“There is in gardens a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called envy.”
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) said by 1464 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Cosimo de' Medici in: Jean Lucas-Dubreton (1961). Daily Life in Florence in the Time of the Medici. p. 58
“All those things [meaning works of art] have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honor of God but are likewise for my own remembrance. For fifty years, I have done nothing else but earn money and spend money; and it became clear that spending money gives me greater pleasure than earning it.”
Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) said by 1464 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Cosimo de' Medici by Salviati; as cited in Taylor, F.H. (1948). The taste of angels, a history of art collecting from Rameses to Napoleon. Boston: Little, Brown. pp. 65–66.