The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
PETRARCH- I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
PETRARCHHow fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
PETRARCHWhat name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
PETRARCHI have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
PETRARCHSuspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Events 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.
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.
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And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
PETRARCHAnd I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
PETRARCHAnd tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
PETRARCHFor death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
PETRARCHI saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
PETRARCHThere is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
PETRARCHRuthless striving, overcomes everything.
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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
PETRARCHTo begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
PETRARCHMere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
PETRARCHWhile life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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