List of Petrarch Quotes

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Petrarch
Total Quotes 84
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, and cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.
Lying Grief Grieving
Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
Death Hands Way
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 in letters; easy to live with, always at my command.
Country War Book
An equal doom clipp'd time's blest wings of peace.
Peace Wings Equal
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
Death Comfort Needs
Books never pall on me. they discourse with us, they take counsel with us, and are united to us by a certain living chatty familiarity. and not only does each book inspire the sense that it belongs to its readers, but it also suggests the name of others, and one begets the desire of the other.
Life Book Names
Whyle i was abowte to chaunge myn olde lyff-- what sorowe i suffred, dyseese, angre and stryff, cracchynge myn here, my chekys all totare, wrythynge my fyngres for angwysshe and care, watrynge the erthe with my byttre salte teres that the crye of my syghes ascended to goddys eres, my knees with myn handys grasped togedyre soore, and yitt i stode the same man i was afore tyl a depe profounde remembraunce att the laste hadd all my wrecchednesse afore myn eyn caste
Men Suffering Care
My flowery and green age was passing away, and i feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for i was drawing near the hillside above the grave.
Death Heart Drawing
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 countenances
Names Looks Demise
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 my pen. and i thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and i hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. we are always dying. i while i write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying.
Writing Thinking Dying
Where are the numerous constructions erected by agrippa, of which only the pantheon remains? where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors?
Palaces Construction Pantheon
And tears are heard within the harp i touch.
Tears Harps Heard
  • Born: July 20, 1304
  • Died: July 19, 1374
  • Occupation: Poet
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