Petrarch Quotes
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The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
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The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.
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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.
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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.
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Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive...
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Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief...
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.