Books have led some to learning and others to madness. Petrarch More Quotes by Petrarch More Quotes From Petrarch 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 Petrarch demisenameslooks Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed! Petrarch painlossbeautiful There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen we take up rejoicing and lay down with satisfaction, for it has the power to advantage not only its lord and master, but many others as well, even though they be far away - sometimes, indeed, though they be not born for thousands of years to come. Petrarch satisfactionsometimesyears There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Petrarch lighterspensburden 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 thronesmeritborn I have taken pride in others, never in myself. Petrarch pridetaken He loves but lightly who his love can tell. Petrarch his-lovelove A good death does honour to a whole life. Petrarch memorialdoedeath How fortune brings to earth the over-sure! Petrarch earthfortune 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 lightbelievereality Those spacious regions where our fancies roam, Petrarch fatepaintime 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 blessingdesiremen In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitter but salutary for me, extinguished the cooling flames. I certainly wish I could say that I have always been entirely free from desires of the flesh, but I would be lying if I did. Petrarch flamesdesirelying The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts. Petrarch effortgreater How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Petrarch rocksignorancecharacter And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Petrarch grieflightlife I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears. Petrarch prayingdesirewriting The time will come when every change shall cease, Petrarch rest-in-peacesummertime Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal! Petrarch delighttoo-mucheye Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an Petrarch deathhandsway
