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Petrarch Quotes

Petrarch quotes

Italian Poet July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374

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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
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
. . . The senses reign, and reason now is dead; from one pleasing desire comes another. Virtue, honor, beauty, gracious bearing, sweet words have caught me in her lovely branchesin which my heart is tenderly entangled. In thirteen twenty-seven, and preciselyat the first hour of the sixth of AprilI entered the labyrinth, and I see no way out. Petrarch
She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lyingher spirit tiptoed from its lodging place.It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying;for death looked lovely in her face. Petrarch
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
Petrarch quote: "The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs..."
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling. Petrarch
Petrarch quote: "To be able to say how much love, is love but little."
To be able to say how much love, is love but little. Petrarch
Petrarch quote: "Suspicion is the cancer of friendship."
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. Petrarch
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
I ate in the morning what I would digest in the evening; I swallowed as a boy what I would ruminate upon as an older man. I have thoroughly absorbed these writings, implanting them not only in my memory but in my marrow. (Quoted by Josh Foer in Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything) Petrarch
Petrarch quote: "Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together."
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. Petrarch
Petrarch quote: "Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be..."
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us. Petrarch
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
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
Petrarch quote: "A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires."
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. Petrarch

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