I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
PETRARCHAnd tears are heard within the harp I touch.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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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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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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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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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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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?
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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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