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Petrarch Quotes

And tears are heard within the harp I touch Picture Quote #1

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires Picture Quote #1

Suspicion is the cancer of friendship Picture Quote #1

I know and love the good, yet ah! the worst pursue Picture Quote #1

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good Picture Quote #1

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace Picture Quote #1

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure Picture Quote #1

True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest Picture Quote #1

I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter Picture Quote #1

Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness Picture Quote #1

Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe Picture Quote #1

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I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth Picture Quote #1

Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitted the fruit of other minds, and the writings that their ancestors had produced by toil and application, to perish through insufferable neglect. Although they had nothing of their own to hand down to those who were to come after, they robbed posterity of its ancestral heritage Picture Quote #1

I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying Picture Quote #1

Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy Picture Quote #1

Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment Picture Quote #1

Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble Picture Quote #1

I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world Picture Quote #1

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And tears are heard within the harp I touch (Petrarch Quotes) A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires (Petrarch Quotes) Suspicion is the cancer of friendship (Petrarch Quotes) I know and love the good, yet ah! the worst pursue (Petrarch Quotes) Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good (Petrarch Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Petrarch Quotes) 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? (Petrarch Quotes) Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace (Petrarch Quotes) Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure (Petrarch Quotes) True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness (Petrarch Quotes) 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 (Petrarch Quotes) Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest (Petrarch Quotes) I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command (Petrarch Quotes) 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 (Petrarch Quotes) Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter (Petrarch Quotes) Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness (Petrarch Quotes) Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe (Petrarch Quotes) I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth (Petrarch Quotes) Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not satisfied with their own disgraceful barrenness, permitted the fruit of other minds, and the writings that their ancestors had produced by toil and application, to perish through insufferable neglect. Although they had nothing of their own to hand down to those who were to come after, they robbed posterity of its ancestral heritage (Petrarch Quotes) I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying (Petrarch Quotes) Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy (Petrarch Quotes) Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us (Petrarch Quotes) 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 (Petrarch Quotes) 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 (Petrarch Quotes) Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment (Petrarch Quotes) Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the place, and this only by doing that which is great and noble (Petrarch Quotes) I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world (Petrarch Quotes)

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