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.
PETRARCHAn equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
More Petrarch Quotes
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An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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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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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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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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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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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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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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