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.
PETRARCHWhere 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.
More Petrarch Quotes
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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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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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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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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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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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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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