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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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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Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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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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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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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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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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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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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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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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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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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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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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