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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
Lyricist
Mountaineer
Philologist
Philosopher
Poet
Translator
Writer
Francesco Petrarca
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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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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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I have friends whose society is delightful to me they are persons of all countries and of all ages distinguished in war, in council, and in letters easy to live with, always at my command.
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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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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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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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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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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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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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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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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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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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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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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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