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 Copy Share Image
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy… — Petrarch Copy Share
The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter… — Petrarch Copy Share
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling. — Petrarch Copy Share
Oh, may she deign to stand atmy bedside When I come to die; and may she call to me And draw me to her… — Petrarch Copy Share
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. — Petrarch Copy Share
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously… — Petrarch Copy Share
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay. — Petrarch Copy Share
“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… — Petrarch Copy Share
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure. — Petrarch Copy Share
