When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
PETRARCHGreat errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds.
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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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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
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For virtue only finds eternal Fame.
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Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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While life is in your body, you have the rein of all thoughts in your hands.
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The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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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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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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Man has not a greater enemy than himself.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers, and the circuit of the ocean, and the revolution of the stars, but themselves they consider not.
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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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