Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
PETRARCHMan has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
More Petrarch Quotes
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An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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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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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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