Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
PETRARCHFor style beyond the genius never dares.
More Petrarch Quotes
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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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For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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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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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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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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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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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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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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