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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
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Francesco Petrarca
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Francesco Peetrarque
Francesco Petrarch
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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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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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Petrarch
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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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
Petrarch
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
Petrarch
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.
Petrarch
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
Petrarch
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
Petrarch
Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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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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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 quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch
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!
Petrarch
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
Petrarch
Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
Petrarch
I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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