Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
PETRARCHWhat name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
More Petrarch Quotes
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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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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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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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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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 on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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