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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
Lyricist
Mountaineer
Philologist
Philosopher
Poet
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Francesco Petrarca
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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Pain'd by the past, expecting ills to come, In some dread moment, by the fates assign'd, Shall pass away, nor leave a rack behind And Time's revolving wheels shall lose at last The speed that spins the future and the past: And, sovereign of an undisputed throne, Awful eternity shall reign alone.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive
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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.
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