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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
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Mountaineer
Philologist
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Francesco Petrarca
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on for I can never still My trouble on the world's well beaten ways.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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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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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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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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