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.
PETRARCHOften have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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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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Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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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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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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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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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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