"Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing……" — Petrarch
"Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness."
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Petrarch
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50 Quotes by Petrarch
Petrarch has 50 quotes on this site.
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I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be…
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And men go about to wonder at the heights of the mountains, and the mighty waves of the sea, and…
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I freeze and burn, love is bitter and sweet, my sighs are tempests and my tears are floods, I am…
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Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this…
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was…
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How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
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And tears are heard within the harp I touch.
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Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment…
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Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
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More Bitterness Quotes
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
— Robert Burton
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How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!
— Albert Camus
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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
— Dante Alighieri
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