The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
PETRARCHWho over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
More Petrarch Quotes
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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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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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Hope is incredible to the slave of grief.
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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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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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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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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
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