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Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici was an Italian banker and politician who became the de facto ruler of Florence during the Italian Renaissance, and was the first to establish the Medici family as its effective leaders for generations.
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politics · Ruler of Florence from 1434 to 1464 · politician · diplomat · banker · patron of the arts · also Cosimo de' Medici, Cosimo the Elder, Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio, Cosimo Pater Patriae, Cosmo de Medici, Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici
Born 27 September 1389 · Died 1 August 1464 · Q48544
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All those things have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honour 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.
We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.
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“All those things have given me the greatest satisfaction and contentment because they are not only for the honour 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.”
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Died 1464-08-01.
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“There is in gardens a plant which one ought to leave dry, although most people water it. It is the weed called envy.”
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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.”
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“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.”
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Born 1389-09-27.
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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.
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