The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
PETRARCHFor style beyond the genius never dares.
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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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 freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I am possessed by memories of her and I am in exile from myself.
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What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances.
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Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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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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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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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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For style beyond the genius never dares.
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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