
How wrong it is to cite the Romans at every turn. For any comparison to be valid, it would be necessary to have a city with conditions like theirs, and then to govern it according to their example.
Maxims and reflections (Ricordi) - página 69, Volume 37 de Pennsylvania paperbacks, Francesco Guicciardini, traduzido por Mario Domandi, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972, ISBN 0812210379, 9780812210378, 150 páginas