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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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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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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
Petrarch
Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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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
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.
Petrarch
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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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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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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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
Petrarch
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.
Petrarch
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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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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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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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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