In politics nothing is so ...

In politics nothing is so absurd as rancor.
 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

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The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
In a word, the free Church in a free State has been the programme which led me to my first efforts, and which I continue to regard as just and true, reasonable and practical, after the studies of thirty years.
 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour