Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown. Petrarch More Quotes by Petrarch More Quotes From Petrarch Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live. Petrarch relaxformsoul Suspicion is the cancer of friendship. Petrarch cancer-survivorcancerfriendship 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 undonemenenemy The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling. Petrarch individualismyouthlove If a hundred or a thousand people, all of the same Petrarch recoverydoctorspeople I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct. Petrarch progressweaknesshumans A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. Petrarch cuttingdesireinspirational The end of doubt is the beginning of repose. Petrarch reposeendsdoubt Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness. Petrarch bitternessdoesweet Ruthless striving, overcomes everything. Petrarch ruthlessstriveovercoming Books have led some to learning and others to madness. Petrarch madnessbook Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. Petrarch disgustingcuresmother Who naught suspects is easily deceived. Petrarch suspectsdeceived Great errors seldom originate but with men of great minds. Petrarch errorsmindmen I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth. Petrarch climbingmountainearth Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure. Petrarch departurecuriosityworld Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present in review before me the events of past ages; others reveal to me the secrets of Nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die; these dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by their sallies of wit. Some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they open the door to all the arts and sciences. Petrarch bookpastart Whyle I was abowte to chaunge myn olde lyff-- Petrarch caresufferingmen Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it. Petrarch enoughlong I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue. Petrarch worstand-lovegoodness
