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.
PETRARCHPerhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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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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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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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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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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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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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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