How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
PETRARCHThere is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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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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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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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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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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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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