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.
PETRARCHWho over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
More Petrarch Quotes
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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.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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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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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.
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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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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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Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
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