How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
PETRARCHSameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.
More Petrarch Quotes
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All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
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He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Who naught suspects is easily deceived.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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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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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another’s woe.
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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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To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
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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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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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