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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.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
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Mountaineer
Philologist
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Francesco Petrarca
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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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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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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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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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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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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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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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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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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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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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