Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
PETRARCHHow fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
More Petrarch Quotes
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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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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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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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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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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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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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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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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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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