Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
PETRARCHGreat errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
More Petrarch Quotes
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual 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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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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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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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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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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