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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
Poet
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Writer
Francesco Petrarca
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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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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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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