I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
PETRARCHFor style beyond the genius never dares.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us – avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal!
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Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
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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 difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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It is better to will the good than to know the truth.
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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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Virtue is health, vice is sickness.
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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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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven’s sphere.
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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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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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