I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
PETRARCHGreat errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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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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What 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.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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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.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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