Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
If a hundred or a thousand people, all of the same age, of the same constitution and habits, were suddenly seized by… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
For though I am a body of this earth, my firm desire is born from the stars. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my… — 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 Image
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 Image
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
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 Image
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. — Petrarch Copy Share Image
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 Image
