Great saying by great authors Quote 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…

— Petrarch

I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.

— 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…

— Petrarch

Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.

— Petrarch

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

— Petrarch

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

— 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…

— Petrarch

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure.

— Petrarch

He loves but lightly who his love can tell.

— Petrarch

Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.

— Petrarch

It is better to will the good than to know the truth,

— Petrarch

For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.

— Petrarch