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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
Petrarch
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Petrarch
Age: 69 †
Born: 1304
Born: July 20
Died: 1374
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
Lyricist
Mountaineer
Philologist
Philosopher
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Francesco Petrarca
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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.
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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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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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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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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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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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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 have led some to learning and others to madness.
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