For style beyond the genius never dares.
PETRARCHHow difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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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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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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It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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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.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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