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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.

Petrarch

Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
PETRARCH

Construction Emperor Palace
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
PETRARCH

Myself Pride
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
PETRARCH

Calculation Love
An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
PETRARCH

Equality Peace Time Wings
Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
PETRARCH

Cure Disgust Mom
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
PETRARCH

Born Merit Throne
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
PETRARCH

Book Leadership Learning Madness
I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.
PETRARCH

Human Mourn Progress Weakness
While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
PETRARCH

Body Hands Life Thinking
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
PETRARCH

Greatness Togetherness
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
PETRARCH

Bark Difficult Ignorance Save
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
PETRARCH

Born Ourselves Preference Time
Continued work and application form my soul’s nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.
PETRARCH

Application Live Myself Nourishment Soul Work
Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.
PETRARCH

Absence Beginning Breathe Myself Soul
For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
PETRARCH

Fame Finding Forever Virtue
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive.
PETRARCH

Alive Book Friendship Heart Relationship Warm

I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.

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