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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
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Mountaineer
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Francesco Petrarca
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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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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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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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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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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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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.
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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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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on for I can never still My trouble on the world's well beaten ways.
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