Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
PETRARCHWhen the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
More Petrarch Quotes
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For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars.
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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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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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I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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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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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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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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