Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
PETRARCHGreat errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
More Petrarch Quotes
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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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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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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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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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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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Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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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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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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