For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
PETRARCHEvents appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.
More Petrarch Quotes
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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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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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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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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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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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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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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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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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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Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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