Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
PETRARCHDeath had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
More Petrarch Quotes
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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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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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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