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"Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge."

Francesco Guicciardini, Italian Historian

Change, Time, Causes, Complaints

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"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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"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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