For style beyond the genius never dares.
PETRARCHIt may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
More Petrarch Quotes
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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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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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Where 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.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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