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PETRARCHI have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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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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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
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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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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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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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