Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
PETRARCHI have taken pride in others, never in myself.
More Petrarch Quotes
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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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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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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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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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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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
PETRARCH