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.
PETRARCHI 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.
More Petrarch Quotes
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Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.
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I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
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Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.
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An equal doom clipp’d Time’s blest wings of peace.
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
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Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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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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Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
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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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You keep to your own ways and leave mine to me.
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