Translation: Men have no greater enemy than excessive prosp… - Francesco Sansovino

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Translation: Men have no greater enemy than excessive prosperity, for it destroys their mastery over themselves and makes them licentious and vicious, with a hankering after novelties destructive of their own well-being.

Francesco Sansovino

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Francesco Tatti da Sansovino (1521–1586) was a versatile Italian scholar and man of letters, also known as a publisher.

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