The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
PETRARCHThere is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
More Petrarch Quotes
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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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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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My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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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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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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