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> [He loves but lightly who his love can tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/he-loves-but-lightly-who-his-love-can-tell/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

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## More by Petrarch

> [Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/five-enemies-of-peace-inhabit-with-us-avarice-ambition-envy-anger-and/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/i-would-have-preferred-to-have-been-born-in-any-other-time-than-our/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/the-time-will-come-when-every-change-shall-cease-this-quick-revolving/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/wanting-is-not-enough-long-and-you-attain-it/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/the-aged-love-what-is-practical-while-impetuous-youth-longs-only-for/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Oh, may she deign to stand atmy bedside When I come to die; and may she call to me And draw me to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/oh-may-she-deign-to-stand-atmy-bedside-when-i-come-to-die-and-may-she/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/how-difficult-it-is-to-save-the-bark-of-reputation-from-the-rocks-of/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/do-you-suppose-there-is-any-living-man-so-unreasonable-that-if-he/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/sameness-is-the-mother-of-disgust-variety-the-cure/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [He loves but lightly who his love can tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/he-loves-but-lightly-who-his-love-can-tell/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/rarely-do-great-beauty-and-great-virtue-dwell-together/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [It is better to will the good than to know the truth,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/it-is-better-to-will-the-good-than-to-know-the-truth/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/for-death-betimes-is-comfort-not-dismay-and-who-can-rightly-die-needs/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [“I feed my heart with sighs, that's all it asks, I live on tears, I think I'm born to weep; I don't complain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/i-feed-my-heart-with-sighs-that-s-all-it-asks-i-live-on-tears-i-think/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

> [Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/often-have-i-wondered-with-much-curiosity-as-to-our-coming-into-this/)

[Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/)

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