All Petrarch Quotes
- I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world. Angel
- A good death does honour to a whole life. Death
- 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… Appear
- And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and the wide sweep of rivers,… Circuit
- I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am in ecstasy and agony, I… Agony
- Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us. Allowed
- Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and… Bones
- I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with… All
- How fortune brings to earth the over-sure! Brings
- And tears are heard within the harp I touch. Harp
- 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… Ailment
- Love is the crowning grace of humanity. Crowning
- 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… Call
- Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… Ancestor
- Who naught suspects is easily deceived. Deceived
- It is better to will the good than to know the truth, Better
- 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… Acted
- Where you are is of no moment, but only what you are doing there. It is not the place that ennobles you, but you the… Ennobles
- Who over-refines his argument brings himself to grief Argument
- 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… Climbing
- From thought to thought, from mountain peak to mountain. Love leads me on; for I can never still My trouble on the world's well beaten… Beaten
- I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and… Age
- Man has not a greater enemy than himself. Enemy
- Often on earth the gentlest heart is fain To feed and banquet on another's woe. Banquet
- Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown. Best