Italian - Poet | July 20, 1304 - July 19, 1374
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
Petrarch
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How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
BeautyGreatTogetherDwellVirtue
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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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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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?
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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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