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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
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Francesco Petrarca
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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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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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!
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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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 quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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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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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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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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