Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) 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
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I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would more or less let me be, but with my father, I was always searching for a place where he wouldn't find me. Whenever he saw me reading, he would tell me to put the book down and go outside, act like a normal person.
Andrea Barrett
Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far.
Marge Schott
Moms Mabley blazed a path for female stand-ups in a housecoat and floppy hat. Phyllis Diller worked equally hard to make herself unattractive to men and non-threatening to women.
Nell Scovell
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Jeff Miller
I've kind of done everything late.
Jamey Sheridan
..a revolt against an established order in painting, a revolt against an established order in society, a same spirit of provocation..
Maurice de Vlaminck
When I think about my ideal free day, it usually involves going into London and sitting in a nice coffeehouse with cake and coffee, but I would probably still have my notebook in my pocket.
Jonathan Stroud
Nothing is impossible to us, except of course, that which is contrary to the laws of nature and the Universe.
Emile Coue
The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.
Mahatma Gandhi
The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
William Blackstone
On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle.
Richard Le Gallienne
I love and in a way need, a private secret place. It's a kind of deep obsession, but I also love to need and be with friends and the two things often need to be together... it's a painful conflict that will never be smoothly resolved.
Morris Graves
