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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
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Francesco Petrarca
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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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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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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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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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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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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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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