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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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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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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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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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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