How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
PETRARCHAll pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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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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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world’s well beaten ways.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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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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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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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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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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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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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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